Author: Avellina Balestri
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The Peace Giving: A Star Trek Story
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “I just knew how much it must have hurt you, to be forced to do that, in front of them.” Read more
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Hearth of My Heart
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Turf-fire flickers in the eyes of strangers, meeting, gaze to gaze, and Anam Cara is born. Read more
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An Ordeal of Honour: The 13th King's and the Somme Offensive
BY GRAEME RESTORICK Having taken their preliminary objective, the 13th Kings then headed north west to their next objective. Read more
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"Family Don't End in Blood": How the TV Show "Supernatural" Strengthened My Faith
BY ANNA ELIZABETH Sin, forgiveness, and purity are other underlying themes of the show. Being human, the brothers often make mistakes. Read more
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Less Than Human
BY J.J. FRANCESCO The backwards morality seems unending until one day the people of society look beside themselves and see the faces they passed by. Read more
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Winter of the Soul: A Spiritual Analysis of the Game of Thrones Pop Culture Phenomena
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Individual stories in Martin’s world are randomly generated causations, without a focus on the common good holding together the whole. Read more
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The Price of a Soul: Musings on the Moral Beauty of "Les Miserables"
BY CHRISTOPHER KING I was also struck by the great charity–compassion and understanding–with which the characters were portrayed. Read more
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The Oak’s Hymn
BY CHERYL ANNE Always to Christ my branches reaching, in Wisdom’s clay my roots are bound. Read more
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A Common Celtic Thread: A Book Review of "Brighid's Mantle"
BY MERCIA VAN DER VYVER Can a Pagan and Christian ever find common ground? I am very happy to say that it appears so! Read more
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Sail Away: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY EMILY GEERLING The Lady of the Golden Wood, I feel like she said I would: Restless as the wind and waves ’til I should sail the seas. Read more
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The Thames and Sir Thomas More
BY S. DORMAN Snatches of the River’s natural history provide analogies to enrich our thoughts about its part in these happenings. Read more
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A Meditation on the Ocean
BY ELIZABETH ROPER It is a common narrative to reflect upon the changing tide, the ever lapping waves and the fascination of seeing the edge of the land. Read more
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St. John's Bonfire
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO “Filomena, Filomena! Mama says make it quick. Mama, Papa, Francisco and I are already ready!” blurted the ten-year-old. Read more
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Go to St. Joseph, the Chosen Father: Model of Patience and Perseverance
BY THE TRAVELING TROUBADOUR Although he was of the royal lineage of King David, he wore no crown and was not a senator, scholar, or world traveler. Read more
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Tragedy and Divine Love: A Reflection in the Aftermath of the Orlando Shooting
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI My religion is love; if your religion is love, then we are one with each other and with eternity. Read more
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Gambling for Eternity: An Analysis of the Apologetics Argument of "Pascal's Wager"
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI It’s best described as “parliament humor”, a witty jab with a purpose to make the opponent get red in the face. Read more
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Landscapes of Truth
BY CLARE DAKIN Mountains – thrust me to the sky fearless and joyfully alive – finally breathing the depth, breath and scale of myself Read more
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Fragments
BY RACHEL LIANNA HOLLAND While before it had mirrored thousands of others, it now stood apart, unique: Broken, rebuilt, lovely in the fiercest way. Read more
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He Is Who He Is: A Review of Bernie Sanders’ Visit to Gettysburg College
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI My first brush with Bernie came early on in the election cycle, when I heard his voice emanating from the radio in our kitchen. Read more
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Love and Love Again
BY CHRISTINA CULVERHOUSE Do you really Love? Are you Love? Are you more than ideas and concepts? Is Love your true reality? Read more