By the Rev. Dawn Cooley
What is the difference between a tour and a pilgrimage? The short answer, in this specific instance, is that a pilgrimage is something that changes the person. At the end of the pilgrimage, the person is not the same, s/he is transformed.
This specific instance I am talking about is the Unitarian Universalist Living Legacy Civil Rights Pilgrimage. I am currently in Birmingham, AL, having just about finished the first day: a day of driving to get here, orientation, and, not surprising, I have already shed the first of what I am sure will be many tears. More...
What is the difference between a tour and a pilgrimage? The short answer, in this specific instance, is that a pilgrimage is something that changes the person. At the end of the pilgrimage, the person is not the same, s/he is transformed.
This specific instance I am talking about is the Unitarian Universalist Living Legacy Civil Rights Pilgrimage. I am currently in Birmingham, AL, having just about finished the first day: a day of driving to get here, orientation, and, not surprising, I have already shed the first of what I am sure will be many tears. More...
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