Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Personal writing on faith, family, politics, and life. Discussion is welcome. Debate is not the purpose.
Faith · 2022-11-01
Some holy days are easy to keep when the table is full. The harder test comes later, when nobody is impressed, nothing smells especially festive, and the work has become ordinary again. The cup still needs to be set down. [more]
Faith · 2022-08-02
The useful kind of misery has an exit. That sounds almost indecent in some religious rooms, and in plenty of military-adjacent ones too. People like pain better when it looks meaningful from a distance. Cold becomes discipline. Hunger becomes purification. Exhaustion becomes proof. [more]
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