Category Archives: Religion

I am an Anglican so I write from an Anglican point of view

Three more poems by Patricia Bow.

Posted on March 27, 2017 by thebows99krug

Pat kept notebooks in which she wrote writing ideas; story ideas, characters, poems, etc. When she had used one she carefully crossed out the notes she had used. In her 1978 – 1986, notes (some still unused) I found three … Continue reading →

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C. S. Lewis seems to speaking directly to me in Pat’s own words.

Posted on March 25, 2017 by thebows99krug

Wow this is remarkable! In “Quiet Love” I quote Pat’s thoughts on our marriage as “sort of communicating bubbles” and how she thought our type of marriage, two touching circles,  “is the best”. Reading C. S. Lewis “A Grief Observed” … Continue reading →

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Am I dying?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by thebows99krug

I woke up this morning thinking I am dying; odd as physically I feel fine. No aches and pains or lumps in the legs or migraines like Pat. While I am eagerly and impatiently waiting to see Pat again, I … Continue reading →

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ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF

Posted on March 20, 2017 by thebows99krug

Originally posted on Eric C. Bow:
There is a question that keeps coming up on all the Grief boards I read: “does my loved one in heaven feel grief and sorrow for her earthly losses?”  There doesn’t seem to be…

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ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF

Posted on March 20, 2017 by thebows99krug

There is a question that keeps coming up on all the Grief boards I read: “does my loved one in heaven feel grief and sorrow for her earthly losses?”  There doesn’t seem to be a satisfactory answer; especially as Christ, … Continue reading →

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This One Holy Trinity is our true and eternal home.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by thebows99krug

I have mentioned before that when I awake from a nap I can often see Pat typing messages to me on something that looks like Facebook. It usually goes by fast and I have trouble reading it. This time it … Continue reading →

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Know thyself and thou shalt know God.

Posted on March 13, 2017 by thebows99krug

“A precious point of conscious, blissful, light energy, the soul…
This is you
Imagine a tiny point located where thoughts come from.
That point thinks, remembers and decides.
This point is you.
The point where every emotion is born…
This is you.
A spiritual being interacting through the body…
This is you.” — Brahma Kumaris Continue reading →

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I believe and pray for such dreams as this! God and Pat speak in dreams.

Posted on March 7, 2017 by thebows99krug

From A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken chapter X “The Oxford-Vision Dream“ It was morning. I had come back to Oxford two years after Davy’s death and found digs, a ground-floor room with its own door opening onto a large garden with paths angling … Continue reading →

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Patricia, my love, you were a success!

Posted on March 2, 2017 by thebows99krug

Hey Pat in your writings about yourself, you got it wrong!  Thinking about our 48 years together I realise we really had a beautiful happy marriage. Yes this is absolutely true: Our quiet, sharing love was a spiritual union of souls: … Continue reading →

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Dealing with my beloved’s death

Posted on January 21, 2017 by thebows99krug

Patricia and I  were lucky enough to discover that quiet, intense love so often written about in those love stories that move you to tears but seldom found in real life.  I used to pray nightly that the first girl … Continue reading →

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