Historical Setting: Jarrow, 794 C.E. It is an easy verse to remember, “There is no fear in love,” [I John 4:18]. But it’s nearly incomprehensible in real life. Surely, the quill slipped and it was intended to say, “There is no hate in love.” Hate has teeth and tools, strength and power. Fear is aContinue reading “#77.3 Thursday, February 5, 2026”
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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”
#61.8, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024
Historical Setting, 631 C.E. Traveling northward on the Rhine This next stopover is in another Roman city on the Frankish edge. Here a river crossing with horses can be done with a boat made by the Wends to transport war horses on these northern rivers. Theoretically, these boats can also be carried or draggedContinue reading “#61.8, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024”