All around us is scintilla of God’s Presence. Writing for me is a path of noticing, of being present to traces of glory…

Word Origin & History

1692, from fig. use of L. scintilla  “particle of fire, spark, glittering speck, atom,” probably from PIE *ski-nto-,  from base *skai-  “to shine, to gleam” (cf. Goth. skeinan,  O.E. scinan  “to shine”).