Today I’m leaving St Conan’s Way, the trail that’s brought me this far from Iona, and joining the West Highland Way, here at the remote Bridge of Orchy. As I walk, one of the books I’m reflecting on is “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis – ‘perhaps the most widely-read Christian devotional after the Bible.’ Books like these can distil the message of the Bible and bring us back to its truth with fresh eyes…
