When people discover I have a master’s degree in children’s literature, they tend to corner me with one impossible question: “What books should I let my kids read?”
I’ve recently returned from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. What makes a pilgrimage different from travel for tourism is, of course, that it’s undertaken for religious purposes. Of all the holy places, the places where Jesus was born, ministered, died and rose from the dead are the most holy. You therefore see a lot of pilgrims there.