Author: Avellina Balestri
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Evil and Omnipotence: Is the Problem of Evil Fatal to Traditional Theism?
BY JONATHAN PLATT Any genuine freedom includes the freedom to do evil, and therefore, in practice, good cannot exist without evil. Read more
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Waiting Room
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI A little child comes into this Waiting Room, pudgy-faced, pink-cheeked. She coughs a little. Read more
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Rehabilitating the Romantic Roundhead
BY ML LOGUE Gataker, and his contemporaries, promoted love and marriage as a responsibility, not a thing to be taken lightly. Read more
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Simple Homespun: A Movie Review of "The Robe"
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Out of all the classic Biblical films I’ve watched and enjoyed, The Robe continues to rank at the top of my list. Read more
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Fatima
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Come my dears, you must learn of our God for whom we all yearn. He is displeased with the world at this time. Read more
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Was Tolkien a Heretic?: Defending Tolkien’s Catholic Orthodoxy from a "Cloak and Dagger" Priest
BY JOSEPH PEARCE I must say that his arguments against the deep Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings are so poor as to be pathetic. Read more
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Eve of May
BY RACHEL SCHMIDT The way it does for hawthorn blooms, A tender breeze beneath warm sun. Such joy abundant. Read more
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A Thread in the Tangle: A Fantasy Author Crafts Legends
BY SABRINA FLYNN A barbarian, a madman, and a timid nymph are all who stand between light and oblivion. Read more
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Hidden in the Winds of Loving
BY NAOMI F. STONE We do not fly through the power of wings, but from the winds of loving that sustain our flight. Read more
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My Mother’s Soul
BY KAT CLEMENTS We will bring our children to see Mother’s library, and we will tell them stories about her and her books and encourage them to read. Read more
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Why Do We Always Like The Bad Guys?: An Analysis of Memorable Villains
BY ELIZA LINDSAY Before we go “Oh, he’s the bad guy. I don’t like him,” we need to understand where’s he’s coming from – what his past was like. Read more
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Shining Stars and Silver Bears
“As they drew closer to the strange tableau unfolding before them, their breath began to mist before their eyes, and tiny frost crystals coated the silver of their weapons, which shone in the reflected light of the daemon before them.” Read more
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Beltane
BY TIMOTHY MATHER I am the fertility of the earth, I am the warmth of the sun, I am love’s first kiss, I am the May king and queen. Read more
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Room: A Defining Landmark in Faith and Storytelling
BY J.J. FRANCESCO Room has been a legitimate phenomenon. The book, the film, the entire idea are all so unique and defining. Read more
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An Absolution of Femininity: Debunking the Misleading Ideas about Women in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works
BY ALINA LYN Somehow, Tolkien’s women get to juggle all responsibilities: love/relationship/marriage, battle, travel, high status and more. Read more
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The Wonder of Splendor
BY RONNIE SMITH The Wonder of Splendor—It curbs the orbs to bathe in rivers of a galaxy-star, its sun, a rainbow’s gilded comb. Read more
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Emotional Depth and Imaginary Heights: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Stories That Teach Us How to Love
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I believe that the worth of a story, in any genre or medium, is dependent upon how much that story can reveal about our own souls. Read more
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Moses: The Saga of a Little Russian Blue in Grey
BY ANNA RAJAGOPAL The winter’s crust has come and gone, relishing your paws of feldgrau grey. Read more
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Walking the Green Path: An Herbalist Discovers Her Calling in Assisi
BY ELLEN EVERT HOPMAN Art history research was put on the back burner as I learned the ways of the Franciscan community I had stumbled upon. Read more
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The Romance of Ergon and Thallasai: A Silmarillion Poem
BY GAMMAL RAKURIN Deep in wood of Great Skögr, a faint rustling dost I hear as a lay of love recalleth I, the tale of Ergon and Thallasai. Read more