Author: Avellina Balestri
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Living Boldly: What Do I Do with the Time that Is Given to Me?
BY EMILY POHL Choices challenge us. Deciding on a course of action often means sacrificing another option. Read more
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Star Trek: A Story of Friendship
BY BRADLEY J. BIRZER Star Trek demonstrated, over and over, I think, that real heroism comes not from individualism, but from friendship. Read more
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Cutting My Hair
BY KAT CLEMENTS My head and heart feel light and new, relieved of a burden unnoticed until its absence. I do not know what sort of thing I have become. Read more
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Logic Alone: A Star Trek Story
“Logic alone must dictate my actions … logic alone must dictate my actions. Logic alone …” Read more
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For the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek: A Spiritual Reflection
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Enterprise, what a God-haunted mission you are on. All around you there is light, star-shot and splintered in the endless skies. Read more
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To the Muslim Community in the West: Thank You
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I want to thank you for all that your predecessors have given, that you give, and that your descendants will give to humanity. Read more
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The Dagger of Durin: A Hobbit Story
BY LIVIA MIRON “I fear for us, Dwalin. Something is coming. I do not know what, and when, but I can feel it in my bones.” Read more
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Supreme Queen: The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Who else, of all those who have gone before, could have borne the weight of the priceless gemmed coronation crown that was specifically crafted by the Creator’s loving hand?” Read more
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To You Alone
“To You alone, Beloved One, Do I open my mind; Your Wisdom, Love, and Light ever to guard and to guide…” Read more
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The West Wind Comes Walking: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Our people…” Boromir murmurs, suppressing a sob of joy rising in his throat. “Our people…” Read more
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Morning Star
“‘Let your sorrows be turned to joy, for I am still your little Boy, and now you will rule by My side as Queen, for you are lovely and serene…'” Read more
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Childhood Is a Kingdom: A Reflection on "The Wizard of Oz"
BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON There is this thing about a kingdom. Everything is under control. Someone-Who-Knows is in charge of things. Read more
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The Feast of the Seeker
“Hands carefully and tenderly holding a book, pages thick and full between fingers…” Read more
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The Genesis Problem: A Catholic Literary Commentary
BY BISHOP ROBERT BARRON Once we get past the “bad science” confusion, the opening of the Bible gives itself to us in all of its theological and spiritual power. Read more
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Song of the Rising Mist
BY NAOMI F. STONE The miracle of love conceals its wonder with a divine seal upon all it reveals anointing us in a shower of unending joy. Read more
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Aragorn the Lover: Union with the Beloved and the Call to Greatness
BY STEPHEN C. WINTER In Aragorn the great archetypes of the King, the Warrior, the Magician and the Lover are wonderfully united. Read more
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Eternal Bond: To My Twin Flame
BY CHRISTEN RODGERS We are fueled by the same inspiration, we dance to the same rhythm, we burn with the same fervor. Read more
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Faith Flicks: Sources of Inspiration or Despair?
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “From the scourge of Christian independent productions, deliver thy people, O Lord!” Read more
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Bright Beings
BY TIMOTHY MATHER Bright ones you are always with me, Giving me strength to continue, when none is left. Read more
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Rosa and Arjuna: A Love Story
BY MOON PRYDERI Arjuna’s window pointed west While Rosa’s looked out to the east Of their love they both were sure. Read more