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i am the true vine: wednesday: the temple
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Wednesday, March 27, 2013. From one pool to another. From Bethesda to Siloam, the pool for travellers, for those coming to pay their taxes. We have bathed and healed, ourselves and others. The long narrow stairs away from the pool and up to the temple seems to take forever, but it is our preferred way, as we find we are less likely to run into soldiers and priests. Now we have been ins...
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i am the true vine: saturday: hades
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Saturday, March 30, 2013. And there is my Hades heart. My mind turns to Judas and I beg my Lord to intervene with the Lord our God, the Lord of our ancestors for mercy on him. He has not been seen since yesterday. Since the day they did this terrible thing. Still, a peace has girded me. I feel stronger now. Olive Tree Guitar Ensemble. Hi, it's a very great blog. Thank you so much!
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i am the true vine: friday: passion
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Friday, March 29, 2013. Unravelling. The world has gone to. Choshek , to the darkness of creation. They say the veil in the temple rent from top to bottom when they hung him - the sky went black for a long time here too, the crowd dispersing in fear. Then the rain came, drowning us all, leaving us with drowning and darkness. I don't know where my boldness comes from. For hours we lamen...
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i am the true vine: thursday: the supper; the garden
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Thursday: the supper; the garden. Do not be afraid," he whispered in my ear, even as he rocked me. Eventually we fell asleep this way, my head cradled in his shoulder. He shakes his head. Y Lord says he will take only the twelve and myself and a few others. I beg the teacher for Junia to come and he agrees. Thaddeus, who has seen the room, insists that...Be ro...
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i am the true vine: monday: prophecy
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Monday, March 25, 2013. Returning to where they were gathered, last night I begged my Lord to take us out to the edge of the city for some purification. We have been so negligent. He agreed immediately. The teacher stops teaching and speaks to me, even though many others are in front of me, waiting with questions. Mary, why are you praying? Which is forbidden for women. His words burn ...
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i am the true vine: new life
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Sunday, March 31, 2013. If you are new to this blog, start at the bottom of the scroll with Palm Sunday, and move upward, or click on any link at right for each day of the week. Woman", one of them says to me. The voice is like a heavenly song. "Why do you weep so.". They have taken my Lord," I manage. "And I don't know where they've laid him.". Is it you who took him? My body is curle...
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i am the true vine: tuesday: bethesda
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Take one," he says to Junia, and she does. On our way, we find a sheep caught in a thicket, half-dead. I begin to weep a little. I heard this sheep last night," I say. The teacher is walking near me. It was lost. Its bells rang after dark while we were sitting by the fire.". Some among us began to tend to it, for it was bleeding and weak. Our Lord appears unhap...
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i am the true vine: February 2012
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I am the true vine. Personal reflections on church and theology; creative writing in the style of Ignatian spirituality. Thursday, February 23, 2012. Yesterday was very much an Ash Wednesday for me. I was up almost all night the night before, making over the first page of the Lenten devotional project. I have been creating for a ministry I'm involved with. I am starting this blogging today but am not holding myself to daily posting. What will be will be and may not even happen again. Unless, of c...A Can...
