Of strength and tenderness
This comes from Kazantzakis's account of Jesus' life and death, and I was astonished by the prayer he puts in...
From mud to spirit
Yes, there is much you can do to transmute mud into brightness if you have enough time.
I love the...
A sweetened world
This is a beautiful description of a moment of understanding or enlightenment. Wherever you are, and whatever you are grappling...
Previously-unsoiled lintel
A horribly vengeful way to clean an allegedly soiled lintel, from Kazantzakis' lively version of Christ's life.
'Herod ... had...
A rotting bog of security
In Kazantzakis' lively version of Christ's life, Jesus' mother wishes only that his spiritual struggles don't get in the way...
Where hope begins
At first glance this posits the last place you would think to look for the beginnings of hope: where there...
Of time and water
A heartening description of time as the great irrigator of the world. See another such ripening interpretation by Kazantzakis.
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Wheat-complexioned face
You would not expect that this unusual hue - wheat-complexioned - describes a young and uncertain Jesus. Kazantzakis' surprising version...
Heaven-kissed Carmel
In Kazantzakis' telling of the story of Jesus, his mother does not go through life beatifically accepting her God-ordained role...
Of love and torment
Kazantzakis' bold and imaginative retelling of Christ's life - and death - gives a new take on some of the...
Stiff-necked God
This is a tough God, stiff-necked here and elsewhere mentioned in the context of 'God-trodden chaos'. Â A curious image,...
White-capped sea
This is Jesus being spoken to by Peter, but unable to hear through the noise of his own turmoil or...
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