While I was on the trail, I read a book that a friend had given me before I left, "Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice " by Belden C. Lane (Oxford University Press, 2015). Wait. I did NOT carry the hardback, weighty item in my backpack. I did, however, keep it in my car. When my hiking partner and I had a zero day in town doing laundry or … [Read more...] about The five (make it six) texts