Life Lines

By Urzula Glienecke

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'Life Lines', transparent resin (photo taken 2016)

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Blood vessels – arteries, veins and capillaries –
surround our inner organs like
a complicated river system,
a fragile mesh in which life flows.
It reminds me of the fragility of life
but also of how God is closer to us than breathing,
​closer to us than we ourselves.
​- UG

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Urzula Glienecke, PhD, is a Latvian theologian, artist and activist living in Scotland. Urzula is a Member of the Iona Community. She is passionate about social justice, the environment and empowering people at the grassroots level.

Urzula's other work on Foreshadow:
A Foretaste of the Kingdom (Non-fiction, April 2021)