The road, the journey, the quest not only organizes his Confessions; it is a dominant metaphor of Augustine’s spirituality. In Teaching Christianity, his manual for preachers, he describes a heart on the run. Where we rest is a matter of what and how we love. Our restlessness is a reflection of what we try to “enjoy” as an end in itself—what we look to as a place to land. The heart’s hunger is infinite, which is why it will ultimately be disappointed with anything merely finite.
