Historical setting: 584 C.E. The house of Eve, pagan healer Nic is telling me what happened when I last died and it does explain why this healing has taken so long. He says the huge stone being raised by the wooden crane fell back and landed on the wheel, while I was walking theContinue reading “Post #19.11, Tuesday, April 27, 2021”
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Post #19.9, Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s house A small bench has been brought into this room and Daniel and Ezra bring a frail and aged man in and he is seated on the bench. He is clear-eyed in a monks robe; the fringe of his tonsure is pure white, not the silver of the NicContinue reading “Post #19.9, Wednesday, April 21, 2021”
Post #19.2, Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Historical setting: Inside a cell of wattle and daub. This earth has passed two decades since the crashing of the wheel. At this waking — darkness. Dear God, are you near? I know nothing of the sun or the season or the year or the place or even what kind of burial this is.Continue reading “Post #19.2, Tuesday, April 6, 2021”
Post #18.6, Thursday, March 11, 2021
Historical setting: Sixth Century Bordeaux Brother Joel and Brother August are in the guesthouse let to Nic by the stable master. And I know we will have to tell them Brother August’s family was asking about the artist who carves so perfectly in sandstone. Surely we can’t keep Brother August hidden from them, especiallyContinue reading “Post #18.6, Thursday, March 11, 2021”
Post #17.11, Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees August is telling of his becoming a hermit monk. “I wandered alone until I found a quarry for my stonework and I made my cave near that place, so my prayers could be my artwork. Yet, even now I think often of my fatherContinue reading “Post #17.11, Wednesday, February 24, 2021”
Post #17.10, Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees So, Nic asks August, recalling the story of Joseph, “It was like your brothers plotted to take you from your father, strip you of your fine coat with long sleeves then leave you in a wilderness pit?” [Genesis 37:20-24] August answers, “Yes, IContinue reading “Post #17.10, Tuesday, February 23, 2021”
Post #17.5, Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Historical setting: 6th Century Gaul The monk we have found in his cave near death whispers to us of “thin places.” What does this mean? Explanations of thin places are only spoken through whispers as poetry. One preaches of the thin places she noticed in a story of Elijah. She said, “Sometime youContinue reading “Post #17.5, Wednesday, February 10, 2021”
Post #17.1, Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. A Small Village in Southeastern Gaul Stopping at a small village church, the stone woman in the oxcart captures the imaginations of villagers who are now demanding the priest retell the Genesis story they’ve heard before – the one where Lot’s wife turned back while running from the mayhem. MaybeContinue reading “Post #17.1, Tuesday, February 2, 2021”
Post #16.12, Thursday, January 28, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. A Small Village in Southeastern Gaul The villagers argue: “This is no statue, Father!” “A statue is an image of an emperor or a hero!” “A statue is like a pagan god trapped in the stillness of stone!” “Of course we have seen statues, and thisContinue reading “Post #16.12, Thursday, January 28, 2021”
Post #16.11, Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Historical setting: 6th Century A Small Village in Southeastern Gaul We’ve stopped in this small village to for the night’s. The priest recognizes August even with the hood that covers his face. Their warm greeting includes the introduction of us fellow travelers. Then the priest takes a long ponder in awe at the stoneContinue reading “Post #16.11, Wednesday, January 27, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 