In her last weeks, Anise wondered about what lay ahead. Thatisthe question. My sister Martha said to me before the funeral that her daughter is “on her way.” Then she recited Wordsworth’s evocative image of the next life as our native home to which we shall one day return: Our bir...
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz […] Lamentations 4:21 ESV It’s hard to even say what “religion” Job practicesper se. He, his wife, and his friends clearly worship the same God as Israel and Jacob, and appear culturally similar to Israe...
She represents wisdom in Buddhism, but in the local story, she is treated as the daughter of Emperor Shennong (神农), a legendary figure from 30,000 years ago. Local stories say that Shennong’s daughter was gentle and she hated to see people struggling so she decided to live a more ...