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”
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#72.1, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne I arrive back at Lindisfarne to find Brother Ealdwin and several of the others still chipping images into sandstone to make markers for the graves of the monks who were slaughtered in the raid. They don’t allow my intrusion to stop their work. Even though the work they areContinue reading “#72.1, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025”
#71.9, Thursday, August 21, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Marmoutier He says, “No doubt, Bishop Higbald is begging my answer on this matter of Lindisfarne’s sins because he is in need of a statement that he can read to both the surviving monks and also the political foe that will address this matter of sin from a scholarly distance.Continue reading “#71.9, Thursday, August 21, 2025”
#71.5, Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Marmoutier on the Loire Tonight, I’m staying in a guest room at the monastery near the shrine of St. Martin of Tours waiting here for the king’s scholar, Alcuin, to prepare his answer to Bishop Higbald’s letter with news of the Lindisfarne raid. It is the dark of morning,Continue reading “#71.5, Wednesday, August 13, 2025”
#44.9, Thurs., May 18, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. The secular church in the Vosges Gabe and Greg park the wagon behind the little secular church they’ve always known. Maybe it is her ordained priesthood, or maybe its her deafness, but they hope to find Mater Doe the comforting listener. They try to tell her everything that hasContinue reading “#44.9, Thurs., May 18, 2023”
#36.3, Weds., Sept. 7, 2022
This morning after prayers and prayers again I find Brother August and his new apprentice at work on the great stone of marble. It’s in this state of creation where a halo is emerging from the center at the top, and it seems affixed to a head that is bowed. Already I can seeContinue reading “#36.3, Weds., Sept. 7, 2022”
Post #32.7 Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. In the Vosges Mountains Please take care. This post was not written for children to read, even for good readers. Ana is telling me a story I don’t even want to hear. She continues, “I hadn’t known there was ever a physical sign that would tell of the virginityContinue reading “Post #32.7 Tuesday, May 17, 2022”
Post #24.14, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021
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”
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 #21.2, Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. The walking path in Eve’s garden Eve asks, “Were there other things you thought a child shouldn’t read?” “I want to know what happened to little Margey, and I should hear of your blindness from you.” Eve answers, “Margey is buried down near Ezra and Colleta’s cottage nearContinue reading “Post #21.2, Wednesday, June 2, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 