Notes of Blessing & Reflection — for the well-rooted, the wandering, and everyone in between.
The Makários Letters
Once a month, a navy envelope comes to your house. Inside is a letter on one sacred word, passage, or question: where it came from, what it meant in its first language, and what it asks of us.
Grace and peace to you, my friends.
One of the first times I realized Christianity was not asking me to turn my brain off began with a place I had never heard of.
Oxyrhynchus. A reader’s note: Oxi·rink·us — where is it?
A codex is basically the ancestor of the book we know today. A reader’s note: Scrolls?
From the August letter, with a reader’s notes in blue pen. Read a longer sample
Each letter names the trailblazers it draws from on a printed card in the envelope. Its QR code opens Resources. From this month’s card:
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Holy Spirit, help.
Sometimes you can’t find the words. Sometimes you don’t know what you need. This is a perfectly valid prayer.
Gifts
A gift is one payment, and it never renews. Write a note when you order, and it goes in their first letter.
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New here? Start with the story of Makários, or read a sample letter. Questions are welcome at graceandpeace@makariosmail.com.
