Episode #158 - 5th Tuesday - Spirituality on the Trail (Panel Discussion)

<p>We have a panel discussion for you today about spirituality on the trail. Who better than these three ladies to talk with on this fascinating subject?</p> <p><strong>Anne Gardner</strong></p> <p>Writer. Minister. Adventurer. After spending twenty-five years working at two of Boston’s premier educational institutions, Harvard University and Phillips Academy, Andover, the author currently leads the chaplaincy program at Harvard-Westlake, a private secondary school in Los Angeles.</p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/118440/Gardner_-_Adelaide_Magazine_Photo_Submission.jpg" alt="" width="322" height="500" /></p> <p>An Episcopal minister by day, Reverend Gardner also finds time to work as a freelance writer. Her essays and columns have been featured in The National Catholic Reporter, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, New England Tennis Magazine, and most recently as part of WBUR’s Cognoscenti series, Boston’s NPR affiliate.</p> <p>Her debut book, <em>And So I Walked</em>, recounts her journey of traversing the 500-mile Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Using the famed pilgrimage path as a backdrop, Gardner’s memoir weaves together her personal narrative with the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges presented by the Camino. Inspirational, and at times heart-wrenching, <em>And So I Walked</em> explores how faith, family, and friendship both change us and sustain us.</p> <p>A native of Massachusetts, the author now lives in California with her wife Beth.</p> <p><strong>Audrey Scanlan</strong></p> <p>Audrey serves as the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Central Pennsylvania - an elected position that gives her oversight of 60 churches and 11,000 folks who belong to the Episcopal Church in the region. Conveniently, the AT runs right through the middle of the area that she oversees! She lives just 4 miles from a trailhead in the middle of the Cumberland Valley (PA) which is one of the most gentle (read: flat) sections of