Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Ana asked me to hold her hand. “Laz, I know you are worried and hurting and I only thought if you were asked to pray for someone else who was in grief, you would just get beyond yourself. I didn’t know he was justContinue reading “#59.7, Thursday, August 15, 2024”
Category Archives: Early Medieval
#59.6, Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Vizsla came into our house in the middle of my prayer just in time to hear my spoken prayer asking God to be with Vizsla in his time of grief in the passing of his mother. So, he holds onto me now, as his brotherContinue reading “#59.6, Wednesday, August 14, 2024”
#59.5, Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Regardless of the humanly derived and practiced separations of religions, in the universal nature of God’s love, we both share in grief and we are both a part of the same love of God. Really, I would much rather argue theology, or bible, orContinue reading “#59.5, Tuesday, August 13, 2024”
#59.4, Thursday, August 8, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Ana asked for a prayer aloud for this stranger, Vizsla, who is grieving his mother’s passing even though my mind and my heart are all only on Ana at this time. She wants me to speak the prayer words aloud, so together she and IContinue reading “#59.4, Thursday, August 8, 2024”
#59.3, Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Here at Ana’s bedside, I just want to know she will be strong and well soon. I want to hear Hannah say her mother is fine and the surgery was minor revealing nothing more than a miss-placed pebble. But that isn’t what they’re saying. AllContinue reading “#59.3, Wednesday, August 7, 2024”
#59.2, Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. farm in the Vosges Mts. Vizsla? He came along when Hannah was called to her mother’s bedside. He was at the wedding wearing the colors of a ruthless, militaristic wandering tribe though he brought no weapon to the wedding. He came alone on horseback down from Trier and stayed toContinue reading “#59.2, Tuesday, August 6, 2024”
#59.1, Thursday, August 1, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Herb Garden at the farm Ana, a fine physician herself, has been with Hannah and Vizsla, closed behind our cottage door for the fearful surgery to her breast. I’ve been sent away to the herb garden to gather wound wart and violet leaves. I was hoping all that isContinue reading “#59.1, Thursday, August 1, 2024”
#58.14, Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The Farm in the Vosges Mts. Not two days have passed, when Brandell and Gaia return and with them Hannah, sharing a horse with that Avar, Vizsla. On one hand it is such a good thing to see how Hannah is joyful. She is always so measured in her observationsContinue reading “#58.14, Wednesday, July 31, 2024”
#58.13, Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The thatched house behind Annegray We’ve learned that Hannah didn’t just leave without telling anyone. She just didn’t tell her parents. “Should we go on to the inn on the river and find them?” I suggest. “They’ll be home in their own good time,” answers anyone who givesContinue reading “#58.13, Tuesday, July 30, 2024”
#58.12, Thursday, July 25, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The thatched house behind Annegray This is the prayer of our priest intended for blessing this meal. “Holy One, invisible but present, notice in our hearts the love that bonds family, while we also become aware of our ever-new places within these generations. Bless this food, shared, that itContinue reading “#58.12, Thursday, July 25, 2024”
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