Welcome to One Pilgrim's Progress: Take Two

So I have to start a new blog. Not because I have a new muse or because the original one is defunct. I guess as I got close to 50,000 hits the old one just got too cluttered. It uploads slowly, the counter is not working and I can not make necessary layout corrections. That includes paragraphs, spacing and titles. So, what is to be done? Simple, welcome to “Pilgrim’s Progress: Take Two.” It will have the same focus: all things Franciscan, inter-faith dialog, support of creation, peace-making and sharing the journey. To be sure I am way behind in my blogging. I am still adding video from early fall. I need to get caught up before the journeys of summer. This blog will be more of a vlog with the focus on visual communication over written communication. That is for two reasons. One, I am determined to learn how to make at least one good video! Two, I do not often have the time to put my thoughts down in words. So let us begin. My first post is on my visit to Chicago in September. I spent a couple of days at Emmaus Ministries meeting with Dr. Glenn Miles of LOVE146. Glenn had arrived from Cambodia and was on his way to Nebraska to present at the conference. He took the opportunity to observe the work of Emmaus Ministries. I took the opportunity to visit with my Kaio friends, get coffee at JPUSA and talk to Glenn about an article I was writing. We also worked on planning some talks I will be giving this summer. I also got to show off my home town to Glenn. That included taking him to the Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, the American Indian Center, the bank used in Johnny Depp’s FBI movie and finally a tour of the Center on Halsted. Public Enemies (1/10) Movie CLIP - The Bank's Money (2009) HD We did a lot in a short period of time. While we were busy planning and observing Joshua Kent, my old Kaio roomie was busy preparing a meal for us. He took two and a half days to prepare a wonderful meal. The food was fantastic, the presentation elegant and the company fantastic. It was a short but very pleasant visit to Chicago. Joshua Kent’s Evening in Five Parts