It made me think again about what the apostle Paul carried with him as he went on his missionary travels. A few of my fellow pilgrims have actually asked me what Paul's luggage actually entailed, and my honest answer is that I don't know. We know from 2 Tim 4:13 that Paul took a number of his own possessions on his travels because in that passage he specifically asks for his cloak and writing materials. But whether he had equipment for his trade as a tentmaker is uncertain. It is possible he shared the equipment of Aquila and Priscilla when he met and worked with them in Corinth - of which more later.
My gut feel is that Paul travelled fairly light; he must have done to leave Berea in a hurry as he had to and to travel the large distances he did he would not want to be weighed down with lots of stuff.
When it came to simplicity, I suspect Paul had a thing or two to teach us all.
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