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Ancestors of blood, place, and tradition
Oct. 13th, 2024 11:03 amAn autumnal scene this morning:
I praise God every day for the unearned blessings He's bestowed on me.
I've been grazing in my reading material all morning, not really focused at all. One benefit of that approach is that the providences around body-spirit-soul that I observed yesterday continue to present themselves.
From van der Hoeven's The Crane Bag: The idea of three classes of ancestor, all of which can be honored: Ancestors of blood, of place, of tradition. I hadn't heard that formulation before but it speaks to me powerfully. It also maps onto body (blood), spirit (tradition), and soul (place).
I praise God every day for the unearned blessings He's bestowed on me.
I've been grazing in my reading material all morning, not really focused at all. One benefit of that approach is that the providences around body-spirit-soul that I observed yesterday continue to present themselves.
From van der Hoeven's The Crane Bag: The idea of three classes of ancestor, all of which can be honored: Ancestors of blood, of place, of tradition. I hadn't heard that formulation before but it speaks to me powerfully. It also maps onto body (blood), spirit (tradition), and soul (place).
