Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. A technique to practice love in the work of learning to love God and neighbor and self, and even love for “enemy” is a technique of working through words of fear and hate, then widening the disparaging words to be positive words. This exercise doesn’t pretend love, rather itContinue reading “#74.10 Tuesday, November 25, 2025”
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#74.9 Thursday, November 20, 2025
Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Both styles of monks, the Irish and the Roman, are beloved by God. And maybe God answers the argument when a monk from the Roman Rule happens to lose his hair without even shaving it, but only in the front, giving this Roman Christian the Irish tonsure. And theContinue reading “#74.9 Thursday, November 20, 2025”
#74.7 Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Perhaps Samuel, in particular, caught Bede’s interest as he, like Samuel, was dedicated to the priests at a young age. Samuel, whose mother, Hannah, gave him to the temple priest to fulfill her promise to dedicate her child to serve God. As young Bede served Ceolfrith, young SamuelContinue reading “#74.7 Tuesday, November 18, 2025”
#74.4 Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Now, as I contemplate my own motives for searching Bede’s writings, I find myself clinging to the losing side in a petty debate over haircuts and calendar calculations. I’m still arguing matters of political opinion while I claim my reasons for studying Bede are purely for learning the history.Continue reading “#74.4 Tuesday, November 11, 2025”
#73.13 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. By the time I can begin reading I will be so knowledgeable of Bede I might be able to read this history with his own voice. Now Wilbert says he, himself, was the scribe for the elder monk on his death bed. “I was called to his bedsideContinue reading “#73.13 Wednesday, October 29, 2025”
#73.12 Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Elderly Wilbert is telling me of the life of the Venerable Bede who wrote the book I came to read. My condition of life and life again makes me feel argumentative. I’d mention that such writings are limited by a monastic life from childhood through death with only aContinue reading “#73.12 Tuesday, October 28, 2025”
#72.8, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne The bishop is reading the gospel. Everyone agrees it should be done as grueling as it is. Now there is wonder – is this the reading of only one gospel? Or is the reading of “the gospel” the whole four of them? Two hours into it, with only aContinue reading “#72.8, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025”
#72.7, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne The bishop continues reading. In chapter ten of Matthew, the followers of Jesus are commissioned to go out like “sheep among wolves.” At this reading, these men listening are in the clothing that speak this metaphor accidentally too well. The monks wear the wools and these king’s men, pretendingContinue reading “#72.7, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025”
#72.6, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne The bishop orders, “Stand for the Gospel!” When the worshippers are the community of monks, he never issues this order because the benches are stacked away and everyone is already standing, as are the monks today, standing in the back of the room. It is the dignitaries and guests forContinue reading “#72.6, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025”
#70.7, Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery I opened the beautiful pages of this gospel to a place where I know I will find Jesus’s love for all the people interconnected as the vine. [John 15] Usually, I can look past these intrusions of fear and judgment and just picture Jesus as I remember himContinue reading “#70.7, Tuesday, July 15, 2025”
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