To Hell's Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, suffering and hope
Theological reflection on the lived experience of pilgrimage and suffering
After a gruelling 140-mile pilgrimage walking across the rugged terrain of North Wales, Trystan Owain Hughes finds himself facing another, very different pilgrimage as he recovers from a serious injury sustained on the walk.
In To Hell’s Mouth and Back he explores his experience of suffering, considering how God can redeem and transform pain and disability, and examines how common experiences of pilgrimage are echoed in the challenges of our life journeys. Along the way, the reader is led to consider the journeys we all face, as we search for God’s presence and hope in our joys and pains.
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24 October 2025
Title | To Hell's Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, suffering and hope |
Author | Trystan Owain Hughes |
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Description | After a gruelling 140-mile pilgrimage walking across the rugged terrain of North Wales, Trystan Owain Hughes finds himself facing another, very different pilgrimage as he recovers from a serious injury sustained on the walk. |
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After a gruelling 140-mile pilgrimage walking across the rugged terrain of North Wales, Trystan Owain Hughes finds himself facing another, very different pilgrimage as he recovers from a serious injury sustained on the walk.
In To Hell’s Mouth and Back he explores his experience of suffering, considering how God can redeem and transform pain and disability, and examines how common experiences of pilgrimage are echoed in the challenges of our life journeys. Along the way, the reader is led to consider the journeys we all face, as we search for God’s presence and hope in our joys and pains.
Trystan Owain Hughes is Director of Ministry Development in the Church in Wales, advising the bench of Welsh bishops on matters concerning faith and ministry, and canon emeritus of Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. He has also been vicar of a large church in Cardiff, diocesan director of ordinands, university chaplain, senior lecturer at various universities, director of Masters courses at a theological college, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. His books include the 2021 BRF Ministries Lent book Opening Our Lives, as well as Living the Prayer (BRF Ministries, 2017).