Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightening to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind

- EMILY DICKINSON

I'm thinking of quoting these exquisite lines in my sermon on Sunday. Maybe it's just me, but these words and this Sunday's gospel reading (John 20:1-18) seem to illuminate one another beautifully...

I wish you all a meaningful Good Friday.

Today I read the following in a commentary on Exodus:

"When this understanding is combined with the source interweaving, the effect is a concatenation of images that, as with most liturgies, do not always sit easily with one another but provide a multifaceted look at the unfathomable divine deliverance."

(Terence E. Fretheim, Interpretation, p. 152)

I have never before heard of or used the word concatenation.
So I had to look it up and share my findings with you.

According to my pals Merriam and Webster:

concatenate
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -nat·ed; -nat·ing:
Definition: to link together in a series or chain
con·cat·e·na·tion (noun)

Crazy, eh? I challenge you all to integrate this word into your daily vocabularies!

Three and a half months ago, I said I was back.
Apparently, I wasn't!
Now, I am. Really.

Here's proof: a new photo in my fotolog. (Click on"flip through jackie's photo album" here to the right.)
Further proof will be coming soon and very soon.

Thank you to those who kept encouraging me to let the tickety-tick-tack of my keyboard be heard!

I'm back. I will be posting about the events of the last one and a half weeks ASAP.