Author: em6298

• The Horror of Great Darkness and the Wings

  Waiting Between the Carcasses and the Stars — A Reflection for Fifth Week of Great Lent on Isaiah 40:18-31 and… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Sang the World Back to Truth

  The Life of Saint Germanus of Paris (496–576) The boy was born near Autun, in the rolling green heart of… Read more.

• The Wall, the Tent, and the Unclean Spirit

  Facing Death to Find the Promised Land — A Reflection for Fifth Week of Great Lent on Isaiah 37:33–38:6 and… Read more.

• The Girl Who Chose the Fire

  The Life of Saint Febronia of Nisibis (died 304 AD) The city of Nisibis sat on the edge of two… Read more.

• The Gardener Who Speaks Your Name

  Waking Among the Tombs — A Reflection for Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (St. John Climacus) on John 20:11-18 and… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Became a Bridge

  The Life of Saint Germanus of Paris (c. 496–576) The boy was born into a world that looked like the… Read more.

• The Cross Stands at Midpoint, Singing of the End

  Mortality Putting On Its Sunday Clothes — A Reflection for Fourth Week of Great Lent (Week of the Cross) on… Read more.

• The Girl Who Argued with Emperors

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The philosophers filed into the great hall expecting an easy morning.… Read more.

• The Altar You Build Where the Cross Already Stands

  Heart-Leaving and Heart-Finding — A Reflection for Fourth Week of Great Lent (Week of the Cross) on Isaiah 29:13-23 and… Read more.

• The Physician Who Healed Without a Price

  The Life of Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 480–530) The old man knelt in the mud beside a leper whom… Read more.