Sarah's Blog
This includes writings about gardening, teaching, spirituality, nature, and recovery.
Category: essay
Looking into Paradise Lost: Calling the Spirit
The first 34 lines of the epic set the stage for everything else. They explain the speaker’s purpose, tell us we are listening to the Holy Spirit, and show that the Fall is part of a much larger tapestry. (1:…
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picture source: http://www.themonitor.com/marketplace/colon-hydrotherapy/business_1113122691.html Shortly before they put me under for the colonoscopy, a huge dark-skinned black man wearing a shining white surgeon’s mask walked into the room. Built like a refrigerator, he carried a 60 foot long roll of thick…
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