#79.4 Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Historical Setting: Jarrow, 794 C.E. The baker and I are waiting to meet with the abbot in the monk’s chapel of St. Paul. Here the window is leaded with pieces of colored glass. The places in this room where shadows would nestle are not shadows at all, but little patches of dancing light, though theContinue reading “#79.4 Wednesday, April 8, 2026”

#45.3, Weds., June 7, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges          “Psalm 139 goes on after ‘I rise up…’ then comes ‘you discern my thoughts from far away.’” So now here I am correcting this child when I meant to ease his worry over all the lessons. I know it’s hard for him.          “Simon, IContinue reading “#45.3, Weds., June 7, 2023”