Musings from The Ground Up
My Work and I have lively conversations and I love to share them with you here.
Redemption Song
When I’m gray and it’s cold
When my birthright has been sold
At this tomb come and weep
Has the shepherd lost His sheep?
He walked the earth to show us how
And he sits in glory now
But he still can cry with me
Mary Martha Mother Eve
Come to Hope and never leave
All you sisters sing That Song
Of the weight he carried long
They walked on earth and they learned how
And they sit in glory now
And my sisters cry to me
Fathers who have come before
Now stand on the other shore
Watching waiting for my sail
Hopeful I will see their trail
They came to earth and they learned how
And they sit in glory now
They cry from the dust to me
God’s good cup pours out light
On this soul as black as night
Come and look come and see
What that light looks like in me
He walked the earth to show us how
And He sits in glory now
but He still can cry with me
This special role of the chair in medieval society existed in other areas besides church. Throughout the Middle Ages, chairs were used by kings and nobles. It was not until the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in Europe that chairs became commonly owned by ordinary people other than nobles, and this change became a significant marker of rising status among the increasing middle class.Before that, the “ordinary folk mostly [sat] on whatever [was] at hand: stools, chests, upturned buckets, or just the ground.”
-jennifer lane
When I’m gray and it’s cold
When my birthright has been sold
At this tomb come and weep
Has the shepherd lost His sheep?
He walked the earth to show us how
And he sits in glory now
But he still can cry with me
Mary Martha Mother Eve
Come to Hope and never leave
All you sisters sing That Song
Of the weight he carried long
They walked on earth and they learned how
And they sit in glory now
And my sisters cry to me
Fathers who have come before
Now stand on the other shore
Watching waiting for my sail
Hopeful I will see their trail
They came to earth and they learned how
And they sit in glory now
They cry from the dust to me
God’s good cup pours out light
On this soul as black as night
Come and look come and see
What that light looks like in me
He walked the earth to show us how
And He sits in glory now
but He still can cry with me
This special role of the chair in medieval society existed in other areas besides church. Throughout the Middle Ages, chairs were used by kings and nobles. It was not until the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in Europe that chairs became commonly owned by ordinary people other than nobles, and this change became a significant marker of rising status among the increasing middle class.Before that, the “ordinary folk mostly [sat] on whatever [was] at hand: stools, chests, upturned buckets, or just the ground.”
-jennifer lane
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