Daily Archives: February 25, 2012
Queenly Perversions of Privilege – This Week’s Picture It & Write
Itsy bitsy spider. All of the same species: the spider with the dotted back and tiger-striped legs. I wasn’t sure why the grand Countess of our kingdom required so many. Once I had collected the spiders required, I returned back to the palace of the Countess. I walked to the counter but something caught my eye. People were bustling about in the next room. Curiosity gripped me and I peeked within. The Countess was draped in the most dazzling, exotic and haunting gown I had ever witnessed. The dress was inky blank, spotted with starry-white and her sleeves and neckline were adorned with what appeared to be ribbons of obsidian and honey-gold. My jaw dropped in the splendor of the design. The colours appeared to shift like a kaleidoscope. Suddenly, I started to feel sick. The web of doubt tangled my thoughts, made my throat sticky and my stomach heavy. Realization clenched my heart with eight legs. The dress… It…It was writhing.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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Lenten Journey Day 4; The Sinners – Chõka
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25-Feb-12: Matthew 9:2-13
2 And just then some people were carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 Then some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” 4 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Stand up, take your bed and go to your home.” 7 And he stood up and went to his home. 8 When the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”
http://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/7454/
http://cloakedmonk.com/2012/02/20/join-me-in-a-lenten-journey/
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