![]() He’s “a prodigal who’s already been where you think you need to go” (xi).Ĭhanneling Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Smith takes the form of Sal Paradise, giving us the view from the backseat, interpreting what’s taking place in front of him between two new friends. He wants to hop in the car with us, but he’s bringing a friend along for the ride. ![]() ![]() Smith wants us to see in his latest book, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts. He didn’t have a car, but that didn’t stop him from going, and he has something to say to all who wander. Have you been there? The 4th century Bishop of Hippo, Saint Augustine, has. I was looking for a place to be, knowing the place I was wasn’t it. I wasn’t trying to arrive I was going because I couldn’t stay where I was. Where was I going all those nights? Nowhere, really. In Lexington, Kentucky, there is a lot of open space. ![]() As a freshman in college, I would take long drives. ![]()
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