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Credo (I Believe)
Morning prayer. The chapel hush before the day begins. Candle flickers, breath misting in the half-light. The words come again— I believe. I stop. How many times have I said them? How many times have I meant them? Some mornings they rise like birds, other mornings they drop like stones. I believe— help my unbelief. Not as one who understands, but as one who clings. Belief now is not a certificate of certainty, but a slow turning of the heart, a leaning toward mercy, a yes tha
Jon Swales
Nov 42 min read


Eros
Eros once lit the stars— a holy ache in the fabric of things, pulling cosmos from chaos, and Adam toward Eve. She moved through gardens...
Jon Swales
Jul 193 min read


The Holy Ache (Epithymia)
She was there when the ruach of God stirred the dust, a whisper of desire, a holy ache, woven into the soul. Before the fall, before the...
Jon Swales
Jul 192 min read


Homo Adorans
You shall love —with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might— but we have learned to think instead. To dissect. To label....
Jon Swales
Jul 192 min read
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