Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Copying a manuscript is a different practice than reading it, so to read the scriptures I do that in its own time. Here’s this page John Chapter 9. I know this. I’ve seen it happen when I was following Jesus. We came upon a man blind from birth andContinue reading “Post #24.14, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021”
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Post #24.13, Weds, Sept. 29, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè The eulogy offered to King Chilperic I by Gregory of Tours is grim. Gregory of Tours said of the King, “… in laying waste and burning districts he had no feeling of anguish .. but rather joy; like Nero before him, when he recited tragedies as the palaceContinue reading “Post #24.13, Weds, Sept. 29, 2021”
Post #24.12, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè This morning I follow the stable master to his workplace after morning prayers and before our work begins. I want to assure him I have prayerfully considered my attitude and he was right. My father would surely be dismayed at my insolence. I won’t try to untangle the confusionContinue reading “Post #24.12, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021”
Post #24.11, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè So the rumor is that the tree fell due to my disrespect for the holiness of an image representing the Holy Spirit swath of Trinity. I guess I should repent before any more trees faint away in the forest. Dear God, please help me to be more respectfulContinue reading “Post #24.11, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021”
Post #24.10, Weds., Sept. 22, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè I’m grateful that the chatty stable master delivers dry straw for my mat and he stays with his ax to help me finish tidying the debris of twigs and sticks. Now after the others have gone he is still helping me weave back my damaged roof. Even in thisContinue reading “Post #24.10, Weds., Sept. 22, 2021”
Post #24.9, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.” [John 1:5] It was the metaphor of message in the letters we inked. It happens every day, and sometimes after a thunderstorm. A glorious refreshing lightness overcomes darkness. The great human lust for dualities isContinue reading “Post #24.9, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021”
Post #24.8, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè This time I paint the dove from the back. Triangular, yes, but its head is forward with legs extended for the landing on the head of Jesus. Maybe it’s a more awkward position than a nestled dove but it is true to nature and yet a triangular wingspread isContinue reading “Post #24.8, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021”
Post #24.7 Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè “It’s relentless! The stiff, unbent, notions get painted over the ancient stories and called doctrine. It is as though God needs to be reinvented in each war of Bishops called Councils.” I plead with the master of the inks. “Scrape it clean and start again, Brother Lazarus.” Continue reading “Post #24.7 Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021”
Post #24.6, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè With a fine, strong hair for a brush I’m now at an artist’s bench to fill a circle of art on the page of John 1:32. My subject will be a dove landing on the wettened head of my friend and teacher, Jesus. The dove finds respite from theContinue reading “Post #24.6, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021”
Post #24.5, Thursday, September 9, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè The stable master is a caldron of bubbling royal rumors, and now he is telling me of a commoner, a son of a slave, turned into a count by King Chilperic. He goes on, “So this is how the fellow, Leudast, sleezzeled his way to the high placeContinue reading “Post #24.5, Thursday, September 9, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 