Tag: transubstantiation
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Art, The Muse and Beholding The Other…
The Muse then is that most terrified of all the virgins. She starts if she hears a sound, pales if you ask her questions, spins and vanishes if you disturb her dress. We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the world “Art” for “Love.” Art will fly if held too lightly. Art…
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Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,
Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit. Writing or revising and editing this part of a story or novel can and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this…
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Of Agape, Climax, and Transubstantiation…
With the passing of crisis come celebration, perhaps a love scene. Survival or resurrection from death provides the central character a wider scope of consciousness. Personal concerns no longer drive the protagonist. Those of the community dominate her or his thoughts and actions instead. Agape love now influences their choices and behavior. Personal suffering has…
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Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel or story requires the writer to look within. More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears and hidden joys lurk. It is here when connecting with our those aspects of life that frighten us we uncover the yearnings and…