In all our sanctuaries we sit at risk

Day: April 16, 2018

  • Wrestling with the Dark Angel – a series of poems

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    This drawing by Gustave Doré is one of several depictions by well-known artists of an incident recorded in the Book of Genesis, in which Jacob wrestled with an angel for a night. Towards the morning, the angel touched Jacob on the thigh, which left him “halt” (lame). But afterwards, the angel blessed him and changed…