Friday 13 March 2009

Goodwill Walk explained

The idea of Goodwill Walk is to bring people of different backgrounds together by the simple means of walking together. The name ‘Goodwill’ was chosen because this is what is needed for people of different backgrounds to get along together.If you look at www.jesustrail.com, www.abrahampath.org, and www.unoac.org you will see other people are already working on the same idea.
My motives are exactly as they describe.

The route Goodwill Walk-Jesus Way links the Jesus Trail (pioneered by Maoz Inon, David Landis, Matthew Cooper & Nathaniel Herr) which runs from Nazareth to Capernaum with the Nativity Trail replicating Mary & Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem.
In 2000 the Alternative Tour Group re-started this route travelling via Jericho.
In December 2008 BBC journalist Aleem Maqbool walked with a donkey on the Nativity Trail. However, he walked due south through Ramallah & Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

The Goodwill Walk through the Holy Land – 2009 will start from Capernaum next to the Sea of Galilee up to Nazareth. Then we will follow a route similar to Aleem Maqbool. Our walk ends in Jerusalem. For me our Route it is The Passion Trail – similar to The LORD’S journey to His Passion & Resurrection.

I use the word ‘Way’ as this describes many Pilgrimage Routes in Spain eg Way of St James.My reasoning is the several ‘Trails’ can be linked to become a larger ‘Way’. I hope the economic benefits – new hostels, hotels, restaurants, café’s etc- walkers bring to N Spain can be brought to the people of the Holy Land.

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