Love is chaste – A letter from Jeanne of Arc (conclusion)

January 25, 2011

I wasn’t always a soldier. I had friends who were girls. Most of them wanted to stay pure (most). Some would say, “It’s how I was raised.” Others said, “It’s a gift that I will give to my husband” or “Not until I’m in love.” They were nice reasons – not enough for me. For […]

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Love is chaste – A letter from Jeanne of Arc (pt 4)

January 24, 2011

First, if you’re a Blissdom person, and haven’t read why I’m attending, please read this. If you missed the previous parts of the letter, and would like to peek, here they are: part one, part two, part three … as I have said, I’m not unlike so many of you. I did however have a […]

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Love explains things – Why this man is attending Blissdom

January 21, 2011

If you’d like the short answer instead of the all 959 words, it’s this: It’s the heart in the words, between the words, the soul that you all write with in this special and powerful community you have formed that makes me want to read your words, and write like you. You can stop there […]

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Love is chaste – a letter from Jeanne of Arc (part 3)

January 20, 2011

Part one is here and part two is here in case you’ve arrived mid-letter. It’s fiction, but has so much fact in it, so much history that these words might very well be spoken by her today. the letter continues… Then there were my heavenly allies. As firmly as I believe Our Savior suffered death […]

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Love connects – and this year of connecting is breaking my heart

January 19, 2011

I’ll continue the Jeanne of Arc letter tomorrow. But I have a previous commitment with Ann Voskamp and others for … Ann asked, “What are your new habits for 2011 and how are you making them happen?” It’s really just one new habit – one new thing – and it happens just by doing it […]

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Love is chaste (part 2)

January 18, 2011

It’s a letter from Joan of Arc a little fiction on why she believed love is chaste… Part one is here. …I knew what I wanted. I knew what I wanted to avoid. I set the rules for my whole army. Nobody, including myself, would stray from the course. And let me take a second […]

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Love is chaste (part one)

January 17, 2011

I am single. I am a man. I am not a virgin. But I abstain. I have for many, many, many years. But it sounds too fact-y. There’s no art to it – no romance – no nuances of word or thought. So how can I write about this love – Love being chaste – […]

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