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Tobias and the Angel: Grateful Dead… Stuart France

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

William-Adolphe Bouguerea * … “If a story is canonical in one tradition and uncanonical in another it immediately raises two questions.” “What makes it ‘canonical’ for one tradition?” “And what makes it ‘uncanonical’ for the other?” “One might have supposed … Continue reading →

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Tobias and the Angel… Stuart France

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

(Francesco Botticini) * The story of Tobias is told in the Book of Tobit in the Old Testament. The book of Tobit is part of the Catholic Old Testament but is considered apocryphal by Protestants and does not form part … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Glisten #writephoto

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s #writephoto prompt! You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Vista #writephoto

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There were fires in the valley below as the procession arrived. Such a long journey, so many turnings of the sun in the walking. She had learned to read the flames, she who was marked for the sacred enclosure, serving … Continue reading →

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Finding joy…

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

““And then, right on cue as it were, in walks our angel.” “Oh, you mean the old woman with the radiant face and sparkly eyes.” “Ah ha, you see, even you noticed her radiant face, bit of a giveaway that … Continue reading →

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Jude the Obscure… Stuart France

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Solved by Walking… * While the initial idea was to consider all the scriptural references to Michael, the General Epistle of Jude promised to be problematic. * It is the first and only scriptural text to refer to Michael as … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Vista #writephoto

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

   Welcome to this week’s #writephoto prompt! You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Dream #writephoto

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Beauty of heart’s home Haunting dream and memory Heather in the blood Endings and beginnings marked Fragrance of honey lingers * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken on the moors, where Yorkshire meets Derbyshire. The heather is usually … Continue reading →

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IndieAni Bones and the Squeaky Hobbit

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the day they took me looking for the Ent and the Thunder Stone… they’d promised me three sites and they only ended up finding two. That’s all well and good, ‘cause it means we’ll have to trot back … Continue reading →

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A Gnostic Chapter?… Stuart France

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Left Hand Paths? * … The concluding sections of Chapter Twelve are by far its weakest. * In them much of the previous story is restated in far greater detail. * The woman is given eagle wings with which to … Continue reading →

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