lent — Blog — Danielle S. Castillejo

Resurrection seems like an impossible thing

Jesus is late, and in His failure to show up, death has taken what we know He could have healed if only He had been present.

Who Bought All of the Pinto Beans?

I buy them weekly, maybe multiple times a week, for sure many times a month.

We cook dry pinto beans in the pressure cooker. They get refried. They are put into soups. They go into tacos.

Sometimes, nachos.

I go to my local market. I go to the dry food, bulk section. There are a selection of pinto beans.

coronavirus, lent, PLants, ptsdDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 31, 2020pinto beans, hoarding, hoarder, ptsd, trauma, COVID-19, coronavirusComment

The Ring of Fire

I cannot carry the THE VIRUS, but I can help shoulder the burdens of my loved ones with the manna for today. I can sing. I can text. I can offer a kind word. I can ask for help. And in this process, we will find a way through the isolation and mess toward hope and love.

Estela Knows the News: Coronavirus!

A lot of people are being quarantined. So, they cannot leave their houses. My mom showed me a video of people singing on their porches. They could not leave their houses because they are being quarantined. Nobody can visit any of the old folks homes, because they might give them the coronavirus.

Bodies, Faith, lent, Race, studentDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 16, 2020coron, coronavirus, quarantine, race, asian, china, trump, estela, news, reporterComment

A Series of Haiku's and Poetry for the Pandemic

(by the Labrador retriever on toilet paper)

These big, white, flaky rolls

make my people so anxious,

maybe I’ll eat one.

Bodies, dogs, Women, wild, lentDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 16, 2020haiku, limerick, poet, poem, blog, coronavirus, toilet paper, quick, man, woman, children Comment

Lent: Plants, Bodies, and Jesus

Maybe talking to plants does help them thrive. I wouldn’t put it past God to be that creative. And maybe my physical self affects my spiritual self. Or better yet, maybe my “self” cannot be bifurcated. Maybe everything is spiritual, even the physical. If an immaterial thing, such as connecting with my plant can help it grow, what are the implications for the way I speak to other people? What about the way I speak to myself?

Church, church love, coronavirus, Faith, hope, lent, Jesus, Bodies, PLantsDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 16, 2020lent, bodies, plants, coronavirus, jesus, blog, blood, idea, ikeaComment

Holy Ground by Becky Allender

Holy ground, where are you now?

The place Jesus stood before the High Priest…

Do you still remember?

Where are you, dirt, which the soldier stood upon and leaped to strike his face when he refused to answer Caiaphas?
What did you feel?

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Jesus is late, and in His failure to show up, death has taken what we know He could have healed if only He had been present.

I buy them weekly, maybe multiple times a week, for sure many times a month.

I cannot carry the THE VIRUS, but I can help shoulder the burdens of my loved ones with the manna for today. I can sing. I can text. I can offer a kind word. I can ask for help. And in this process, we will find a way through the isolation and mess toward hope and love.

Where are you, dirt, which the soldier stood upon and leaped to strike his face when he refused to answer Caiaphas?

What did you feel?

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