Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s Garden on the Loire Anatase is politely listening to me as I tell a Jesus story she may have already heard. But I wanted to tell it again, thinking of Nic, and his way of abandoning his well-earned pride in order to enact the humility of the “love ofContinue reading “Post #22.7, Thursday, July 15, 2021”
Category Archives: Early Medieval
Post #22.6, Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Nic’s pages continue to argue the rule of God’s love against a rule to manage sprouting monks, and now Nic takes issue with flaunting humility. It’s a paradox that doesn’t slip by Nic easily. Anatase reads on, “The old monk wrote, ’There are twelve steps and yet not muchContinue reading “Post #22.6, Wednesday, July 14, 2021”
Post #22.5, Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. “Maybe we have done enough reading for the day, Anatase. Do you wish to take a rest from this? I could just borrow these pages if you would let me, and read them ahead myself. And I promise to save any that are interesting for you to read aloud.” Continue reading “Post #22.5, Tuesday, July 13, 2021”
Post #22.4, Thursday, July 8, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s garden bench The pages Nic left for Anatase to read aloud describe this world I’ve awakened into. Nic must have known I soon would be seeking a place in a monastery scribing the gospels. He knew me well, and he understood my calling to keep my friend Jesus alwaysContinue reading “Post #22.4, Thursday, July 8, 2021”
Post #22.3, Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s garden bench Anatase chooses to continue picking through the hard words on “Page 5, The Rule” “‘First off,’ he writes, ‘The Rule tells of four kinds of monks and only the one who lives to obey the earthly offices of the church, the coenobites are the good ones.’”Continue reading “Post #22.3, Wednesday, July 7, 2021”
Post #22.2, Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s house on the River Loire This new morning we finish the chores and now find our place on the garden bench for the reading lesson. Anatase read ahead again and warns me of the dreariness of monastery stories. And again, I beg to know what has happened with myContinue reading “Post #22.2, Tuesday, July 6, 2021”
Post #22.1, Thursday, July 1, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E., Eve’s cottage on the Loire Eve and Anatase are telling me about a visit from soldiers. When Nic heard this he laughed and asked to keep the walnut shell. “Did you give it to him?” “Of course. Was it something special?” “Yes, it could remind Nic of aContinue reading “Post #22.1, Thursday, July 1, 2021”
Post #21.14, Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. The house of Eve Anatase has interrupted the reading to tell me of a frightful time they had here last autumn when Gregory, whom she says is now the Bishop of Tours, sent his soldiers here. “Why did the bishop’s guardsmen come here?” “They said they were lookingContinue reading “Post #21.14, Wednesday, June 30, 2021”
Post #21.13, Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. The house of Eve Anatase warns me that the page about monastery life is not all that interesting. She’s read ahead. But since I asked she’s conceded to read Nic’s Page 4 about the acceptance of Nic and my other two friends into Ligugè. “He said they had noContinue reading “Post #21.13, Tuesday, June 29, 2021”
Post #21.12, Thursday, June 24, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. The house of Eve, pagan healer I was explaining to Anatase why Nic would ever want to join a monastery. She doesn’t seem particularly impressed with the life-long dream of an old soldier. She offers the easy assessment by a logical eight-year-old. “We all know what happened now, don’t we?Continue reading “Post #21.12, Thursday, June 24, 2021”
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