#56.6, Tues., May 14, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Vosges Mts.          I’m glad I came. God answered my casual prayer that I may love my enemy, Will, with this obligation to persist in unearthing his kindness.          Dear God, may Layla and the baby find his huge hands gentle.          I can, in a strange way of empathy, understandContinue reading “#56.6, Tues., May 14, 2024”

#55.11, Weds., April 24, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Vosges Mts.          Layla thinks she can solve this by postponing the hurt we all know is coming when she returns to Will and accepts his lying apologies. And that’s not a fix for this. When we can see Layla’s bruises and her crushed spirit this is not just Layla’s problemContinue reading “#55.11, Weds., April 24, 2024”

#46.6, Thurs., July 13, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. Metz          The bishop only scoffs at my suggestion that a Christian birthright assumes pacifism and apparently, he doesn’t see that as courage.          “But your holiness, wasn’t Christian pacifism taught and exemplified by Jesus? And wouldn’t you say that Jesus showed great courage calling out his forgiveness from the cross?”Continue reading “#46.6, Thurs., July 13, 2023”