St. Aidan of Lindasfarne. Aidan, with the original meaning of “little
fiery one,” known for his itinerant preaching and constructing of
churches, made a perfect Scottish name for our own Shetland Sheepdog.
He’s been a
little fiery one—ask anyone who’s tried to pet him! When Banu and I spent a year with my mother
in Tennessee when she had health issues, he would growl at my sister’s car when
he recognized it parked in the street outside.
Now that’s too “fiery”!
I understand
a dog doesn’t need to be saved from sin the way we poor sad humans need, but “hallowed”
might describe the way he and other of our fellow animal sisters and brothers
exist.
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