Love isn’t fiction…it’s intentional life

February 17, 2012

source After writing the story of Valentine… and living in that time and place for weeks… I get why being a novelist might be inviting. When you write fiction, you create a world and you determine fates. When writing the story of Valentine I had some very basic historical facts… •    269 AD •    the […]

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Love has a saint…Valentine…his story concludes today…

February 15, 2012

And this is why we call those little love notes, and the ones we give them to… source “Valentines”… February 13, 270 AD I can do nothing but pray now. There are no more visits. No one speaks to me. There is no more food… and only the water that pools on the floor, which […]

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Love’s Saint has a story…the tale of Valentine concludes (almost)

February 14, 2012

source I really tried to time the ending of this series for today. But you can’t just slap an ending on a story and call it done. So today, part 11 is here, part 12 is on Love’s twin blog, Deep into Scripture. Tomorrow, the final two parts come, will tug hard on your heart […]

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Love endures the wounds of faith…the Story of Valentine (pt10)

February 13, 2012

The story of Valentine, the bishop of Interamna, continues… This is part 10, part 9 is here, the 8th part is here, part 7 is here, part 6 is here, 5 is here, 4 here, part 3 is here, and 2 here…and it began here. September 269 AD Every night now, outside my prison door… […]

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Love…through darkness…the story of Valentine continues…(pt9)

February 9, 2012

source August 269 AD I have been here in Rome for two months. The rose petals that once daily adorned the bars to my cage have ceased. Have I been forgotten? The story of Valentine, the bishop of Interamna, continues… This is part 9, the 8th part is here, part 7 is here, part 6 […]

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Love is held prisoner…the story of Valentine (pt8)

February 8, 2012

August 269 AD At first I was imprisoned with others. What’s a priest to do in prison but to speak the Word of God. But since then Claudius has decided I am not to be heard. I am transported to another place, a darker one, and one with no one else. The story of Valentine, […]

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Love is taken prisoner…yet cannot be imprisoned…

February 6, 2012

source I leave, hands bound, subject to the law of Rome. I wonder if I should have allowed myself to be captured. I believe the law of Love will break these bonds. But how? That I do not know. But I have prayed. I have listened. I have heard that one day I’ll be set […]

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