All Shall be Well: And other things that don’t make sense

Advent with Lady Julian Week 2

Stained glass window in the Julian Shrine at St. Julian’s Church, Norwich, England. Photo by author.

I had slipped into her office to wait for our meeting, and sitting across her desk, I stared at a small plaque on a stand that read, “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. Julian of Norwich.” I was about twenty-…