LUKE 7, LUKE 8 In Luke 7, Jesus continues to travel and heal the sick. In Capharnaum, Jesus is led to a Roman Centurion who has been good to the Israelites. When Jesus arrives, the centurion sent messengers to Jesus as he neared the centurion’s home, “Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not […]
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IN THE SHALLOWS
“Ada wondered that herons could tolerate each other close enough to breed. She had seen a scant number in her life, and those so lonesome as to make the heart sting on their behalf. Everywhere they were seemed far from home.”—Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain The heron held in the shadows, her long legs […]
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LUKE 6: ACTS ON THE SABBATH, SERMON ON THE MOUNT, AND THE BEATITUDES
LUKE 6 Luke 6 begins with Jesus and his disciples being questioned for gathering food to eat, and for performing acts on the Sabbath. As Jesus begins to fulfill his purpose on earth, those in established and, judging, positions become more intent on detecting and admonishing faults and his breakings of holy commandments. […]
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LATE
He watched as she readied her children for church, the attention and care she put into their dress, hair, presentability; licking her fingers and smoothing wildness in son’s hair by combing it with touch back to cultivated order. Her studied her, in her own dismissing of self in service to her children, another […]
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PURIFIED SOUL
“…the whole framework of the universe does homage and service to him who thus purifies and sanctifies his senses.”—Saint Bonaventure, The Life of St. Francis of Assisi They read the quote beneath a sky of stars, the Milky Way as backdrop shadow-light behind nearer stars arranged into near dreams and constellations shaped with accompanied […]
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LUKE 5: JESUS CALLS HIS FIRST DISCIPLES
LUKE 5 Luke 5 begins with Jesus calling his first disciples. The first disciple is Simon Peter. Jesus joins Simon Peter in his boat and, after a full night of unfruitful fishing, Jesus tells Simon to “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Simon answers with skepticism, […]
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DROUGHT
The sky shone blue but in the fire of summer sun, too long since rain, burned hot and harsh without wind. Ryan was already sweating, and staring on the world, all he could see were sign of settling drought as the means to a livelihood went dormant or outright died. It was all […]
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LUKE 3 and 4: TEMPTATION AND BEGINNING TESTIMONY
LUKE 3, LUKE 4 Luke 3 speaks of Jesus’ cousin, John the Baptist, in the desert foreshadowing the revelation of Jesus as the son of God to the greater masses of men. John speaks, “I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I […]
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MESSENGER OR FOOL
Messenger or fool? Does it really matter? Maybe it takes being the latter to ever have chance at becoming the first: living, giving, and telling the pieces of us we know better than to share but desire to speak and share all the same. Maybe knowing better isn’t always a faculty of reason but […]
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LUKE 2
LUKE 2 Luke 2 tells of the birth of Jesus. It begins with the mandatory census that would enroll all people within the Roman Kingdom, and it was the reason Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were traveling to Bethlehem. Jesus was born in a manger and wrapped in swaddling cloth “because there was no […]