The very fact that we are able to say “Thou” to God means that we are able to disobey and reject Him, to turn away from the “Eden” of spiritual union with Him and choose our own path of disorder.
Author: Avellina Balestri
A Catholic author & editor, seeking God in all things good, true, and beautiful and celebrating the divinely crafted dignity of every human person.
Slaves, Sons, and Submission: Christian and Muslim Understandings of God
As with verses from the Quran dealing with violence and warfare, it seems many Christians tend to emphasize the names of Allah that deal with dominance and power and de-emphasize or skip over others involving love, mercy, and forgiveness.
Death Shall Have No Dominion
Deep in a tangled forest, there dwelt four sisters whose mother, a wood-wife, had died by the bite of a werewolf years before. Still they spun her magic through potion and spell, healing and weaving with color and light.
Mother of Sorrows
I’ve never seen him…dead before, he who was always so full of life, more fully alive than anyone I have ever known, pulsing with youth, agility, vigor. Life…now drained out.
Sheath and Knife: A Star Wars Fanfic
“The galaxy will not know light unless you are out of it, Kylo Ren!” Rey’s voice was as furious … More
Prodigal: A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Fanfic
Where has he gone? The son that was once my own, raised alone without a mother’s tenderness? Has he … More
A Gift of Thistle: A Braveheart Fanfic
Mirron, come back…come back to me, before the lights behind my eyes are put out. You stood at the … More
The West Wind Comes Walking: A Lord of the Rings Fanfic
The little ones…the little ones were in danger… Boromir, still on his knees, clutches at the dead leaves … More
Dewi Sant
St. David used his power When his mother was in labor And soldiers came to slay her But hailstorms drove … More
Advent Reed
Our Blessed Lady is meek,but in a way that inherits the earth,a humility that is exalted,a simplicity than reigns,Like the … More
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