#72.5, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Visiting dignitaries becomes a procession of mourners as each visitor must ponder his own mortality and the fragility of life. Some here count the years until the charted end of the world – Doomsday – scheduled at the end of this millennium.  There is the personal hope that this tragedyContinue reading “#72.5, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025”

#71.4, Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Marmoutier on the Loire          Alcuin, one of the king’s chosen intellectuals, receives the letter I am delivering from Lindisfarne, now shadowed in tragedy.  He seems hesitant to open the seal of his friend the bishop. He holds it in his hand and studies the seal and folds of the envelope.Continue reading “#71.4, Tuesday, August 12, 2025”

#69.10, Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery          The raiders were in this holy place at Lindisfarne an hour ago when I was still their slave.  They came here to find an unguarded stash of wealth, knowing nothing of the Christian nature of a place for worship. Unable to find the “Jewels and the gold” insideContinue reading “#69.10, Tuesday, June 24, 2025”

#69.7, Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery           This beautiful treasure of Lindisfarne, a magnificent work of art is a gospel now laid out on the sand before me, right in front of the thieves. They were expecting a great hoard of jewels and discover now, that all they have are pages of artwork and inkedContinue reading “#69.7, Tuesday, June 17, 2025”

#69.6, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery          Some of the marauders are returning to the boats with blood on their swords and laden with the booty they’ve stolen. No one from the monastery is chasing them.          Gunnar knows my Christian nature and he chooses me to help in opening what might be Christianity’s greatestContinue reading “#69.6, Thursday, June 12, 2025”