This
week began the season of Lent. And the week began with the latest horror from
ISIS – the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt. A rather spontaneous
eruption occurred online, and bloggers started talking about it, asking
questions like where is the church? And weren’t these men our brothers in
Christ. Even the Administration in Washington responded. And held a summit.
Meanwhile, the violence and atrocities continue.
Poetry
remind us that Ash Wednesday occurred this week. And the Ascension is coming.
Music
Bridging the
Atlantic
– Michael Mercer at Internet Monk.
Faith
The Thing About Funerals:
Most People Never Have One – Matt and Cheri Appling.
Welcoming the
Storm
– Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.
Parade of
Questions – Seth Haines.
Poetry
The Inner Life
of Everyday Objects
- Peggy Rosenthal at Image Journal.
Blue Blurred – Maureen
Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
After the Ashes – John Blase at
The Beautiful Due.
Ash Wednesday – Chris Yokel.
Ash Wednesday –
Chris Davidson at Curator Magazine
ISIS / Society
A Jew in Paris –
Rod Dreher
at The American Conservative.
Remember Their
Names – Marilyn Gardner at Communicating Across Boundaries
Who Are We, If
Not People of the Cross? – Jennifer Dukes-Lee.
One Word Less
for Lent – Sandra Heska King.
Art
The Mystery of
the Blue Flower
– Nancy Davis at Cornfields and Lightning Bugs.
Photograph by George Hodan via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
2 comments:
I clicked on your music link and then, in one of the comments found an amazing rendition of Molly Ban by Allison Kraus accompanied by The Chieftains -- amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpY0wQdJ5w
I also find it fascinating that ISIS has risen to our consciousness seemingly out of the ether.
Thanks Glynn for another amazing list. Now, if only it wasn't so beautifully sunny outside, I'd stay inside and read all day! :)
Thanks so much for including me in this lineup of some of my favorite writers. Humbled. Truly.
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