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 · 2021-06-15
I set the offering bowl down before it holds anything. Olive, ash, and pine under the fingers, three woods joined into one working object that has already outlasted several clever theories about what an offering is supposed to purchase. [more]
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