Linda Vogt Turner

Is Eternal Love Real?

Epiphany Star radiating light against a dark, cosmic background

Are you wondering: Is Eternal Love Real?

The Twelve Days of Christmas and the season of Epiphany invite us to listen again — not sentimentally, but attentively — to a tradition that once formed Christian faith through memory, courage, and witness.

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Christmas Video for 2025

Santa, Black Peter, and another dark companion bring gifts at Christmastime, preserving imagery tied to early Gospel memory.

What if Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and even Cinderella were carrying a forgotten Gospel memory? This Christmas reflection uncovers clues hidden in art, folklore, and Scripture that reveal a deeper story.

Third Day

On the Third Day God spoke, bringing trees, land, and sea to life. Is worldly thinking silencing His fertilizing voice, demonizing carbon and nitrogen?

Who Is My Neighbour? Lessons from the Ditch

A red-haired woman pours water into a glass as her reflection appears in the oval mirror behind her, with a rooster perched above.

The Samaritan Parable, a mirror. The question “Who is my neighbour?” strikes us like a rock as we ponder the words of Micah 6:8.

Communion and the Heartbeat of the Gospel

Communion is not a funeral ritual. It is a wedding feast — where the Bride’s veil is lifted, the heartbeat of Christ is honoured, and life is renewed.

The Law Written on the Heart: The Amygdala Remembered

Mature Magdalene holding a letter at the Garden Tomb, glowing as the Heart of the Gospel.

Do you see the Cross as wood and nails? Or do you see what I see — the Magdalene’s heart and her heartfelt letters that turn bitter wine sweet?

The Bent Woman

Fishnet shawl draped on a cross with crown of thorns on black rock, symbolizing the Bride breaking free and anchored in hope.

The Bent Woman — the Bride breaking free, standing upright in hope, Christ’s mystery revealed in a prime number pair.
Part of Linda Vogt Turner’s blog series beginning with Priming the Pump and continuing through The Petition of the Bridegroom, What Defines You, and now The Bent Woman.

What Defines You?

AI-generated portrait of a red-haired woman with glasses, looking thoughtful, as if pondering the question: Does Christ define us?

What defines us? Is it the names we are given, the work we do, the loves we cherish, the faith we live — or even the last breath we take? In this reflection, Linda Vogt Turner weaves memory, scripture, and the witness of her late husband Gordon and her beloved fiancé Don to show how Christ’s covenant love — fragile yet enduring — defines us still, honouring both mother and father and drawing us into a greater promise.

The Petition of the Bridegroom

The Bridegroom, Simon the Black, petitions the governor to release the body of Jesus — a bold act of covenant love.

From Roman courts to the foot of the Cross, the Bridegroom’s petition reveals the courage to claim covenant love against every obstacle.

The Heartbeat of the Gospel

From Mary Magdalene, the Bride holding the heartbeat of the Gospel, to Simon the Black standing face to face before the Alektor — the call to love, repentance, and covenant faithfulness still resounds today.