No wastelands | Growing shalom in our communities

Reverend Dr Ash Barker is an Australian shalom activist, communicator and Pioneer Minister living in the UK. His new book is No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of Shalom in your neighbourhood. In this wonderful episode, Ash and I talk about pilgrimage, love, light, lessons and seasons and what we can learn by bringing change to our lives and our communities. You can find Ash's book and his work at Seedbeds here

Australian pilgrims Carmen Velasco and Louise Wilsher walked the Camino finding time to cherish the culture and heritage of Spain. It was particularly poignant because Carmen was born in Spain and raised in Australia. This is a wonderful story about taking your time on the Camino; walking to soak up what the Camino has to offer, from centuries old churches to the best tomatoes in the world. The Camino provides.

Ella Neal is a young woman fighting FLC - Fibrolamellar Carcinoma - an extremely rare form of liver cancer. Ella's parents, Dennis and Denise walked the Camino with Ella and together they learned cancer is a Camino, a pilgrimage. Ella's incredibly inspiring story will fill your heart with hope and joy. The Camino provides! Here's a link to Fibrofighters And you can find the Neals' blog here

Steven 'Spillano' Spillane is an Australian pilgrim who has been a dear friend of mine for 30+ years. Spillano walked with me in May on my magical musical Camino. His job was to call "Buen Camino' in the second last chorus at the end of Somewhere Along the Way, and he performed his duty with gusto. A true gentleman. Pure class.

I'm super busy promoting my new album so I have fallen behind in pre-recorded episodes. I'll be re-visiting old eps from time to time. Martin Jamieson is a British-born Canadian businessman. He's an organised guy! So what did he learn about himself on the Camino; what did he learn about others....? And his Camino stories are pure gold.

Dan's new album 'Pilgrim' is released worldwide Friday October 4. You can get your copy here 'Pilgrim' is Dan's second album, a follow-up to 2019's Duende (four weeks at #2 on the ARIA Country Chart). Pilgrim is an album of songs about the journey of life. Every life is a pilgrimage and every life has good days and bad days. This is a record of songs about lessons learned, of missteps believing better days are ahead. Ten songs of moody swirling melodies and hooks to catch your heart, refusing to let it free. It was produced by Dan Frizza (who's worked with Tones & I, The Whitlams, Gurrumul, Bernard Fanning, Amy Shark) in July 2024.  Recorded at Brooklet Recording in the Byron Bay hinterland, it features Miles Thomas on drums, Brendan Clark on bass, George Washingmachine on violin and Oliver Thorpe on guitars - a world-class band of studio musicians who bring these songs to life through their incredible insight. Pilgrim takes you on a journey of belief and discovery you didn't know you needed, until now. One step at a time.

I'm just taking a few weeks off to work on my new album, PILGRIM OUT OCTOBER 4 A re-visit of my chat with Canadian writer, author and poet Brad Batten joins me to talk about his eight Caminos - and many of them were walked before the Camino exploded in popularity. We talk about WHY we're interested in walking Caminos, and why the Camino in many ways chooses us. Journey is part of our heart. Brad's new book, Pilgrim is out next month via Amazon. You can sponsor me via www.patreon.com/danmullins

I have SO much on at the moment with the new album coming out. PLUS I had two interview cancellations this week. Time for a re-visit of my chat with my friend Dr Gigi..... Dr Guylene Gigi Tree is an American musicologist, veteran pilgrim and author. You MUST wait for the surprise halfway through this week's episode. Her three books - The End of the Earth - Stories of the Camino, More Stories of the Camino, and STILL more stories of the Camino are available on Amazon - and you can watch her videos - including the video for the surprise - on YouTube - just search for the Perpetual Pilgrim

The Way to St James Cygnet is an annual Camino in Tasmania, Australia. The two-day pilgrimage is Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of January 2025. I'll be there to walk, talk and sing.  The other great aspect of this unique pilgrimage is a Global Camino is being held in conjunction with the Tasmanian walk, where no matter where you are around the world, you're invited to walk with us. In this episode of My Camino - the Podcast, I'm joined by Tassie pilgrim Leanne Prichard who's one of the event's organisers - you'll find out everything you need to know to walk with us here in Australia, or wherever you are around the world.  Buen Camino!! Find the Way to St James Cygnet website and the Facebook page here

Thomas Hall's new book is Of Soul and Storm: the search for peace is a mysterious thing.  It's Thomas taking the reader through the story of his life, from childhood abuse to fear at every turn while working for the US Dept of Homeland Security. He found peace on the Camino and revels in joy he now feels. This is a wonderful story of discovery; of taking the chance that stepping out of your comfort zone will provide an opportunity to grow in spirit and in life. You can find Thomas' book here