Pilgrimage: My Journey to a Deeper Faith in the Land Where Jesus Walked

This book was a recommended reading for my class and pilgrimage to Israel during my senior year at Concordia University-Ann Arbor back in January of 2017. While Austin skilfully utilises her pilgrimage experience to illustrate what she learnt about the land our Lord walked, she also utilises bad theology, such as symbolic baptism, unanswered prayer whenever God doesn’t say “yes” (His “no” is still an answer), and failing to recognise the Lord’s Supper for the forgiveness of sins. However, since the purpose of the book is not doctrinal but anecdotal, my rating of the book is kinder. Overall, her use of allegory had inspired and excited me for my own pilgrimage walk. I would recommend this book to anyone preparing for a pilgrimage to Israel, with the caveat of reading it through a Lutheran lens to make up for the poor theology. The main takeaway from this book is recognising God’s faithfulness to His people through Christ our Lord.