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 · 2023-02-21
A gift does not stay clean in the hand. The moment it passes to another person, it changes the air between them. Food, money, shelter, a tool, a ride, a cup poured at the right time, a spare room, an introduction, an offering set down before a god: none of these things remains only itself after the giving. [more]
Faith · 2022-02-08
A guest changes the room before he says a word. The chair moves. Food is counted differently. The stove, the table, the good cup, the spare blanket, the tone of the conversation, the path to the bathroom, the volume of the house after dark: all of it adjusts around the fact that someone has crossed from outside to inside. [more]
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