What I Left at the Cross

Spiritual Detox Series | Thursday, Day 4

I had a doctorate in spiritual formation…
and I had never gone on a pilgrimage.

That fact shocked my seatmate on a flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco. He was a professor of Germanic languages, heading to a conference in Albuquerque. I was heading home from Europe. We got acquainted quickly—both professors, both Jesus-followers, both immersed in the wo…