Author: Avellina Balestri
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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
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A Cat of a Different Coat: Spirituality, Storytelling, and the Music of Karliene
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI There is a real quality to found in Karliene’s works, and a real sense of the soul, creating a beautiful demonstration of grace touching culture. Read more
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Elizabeth
BY JOSEPH R. RAVITTS “She’s like the hammered dulcimer she plays,” I thought; “she’s music, though it’s for the eyes–” Read more
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Song of a White Hare
BY EVA WEGGELAAR But don’t you ever notice how my shape shifts? Do you never wonder why it is I always come, bearing strange gifts? Read more
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Thomas Andrews: Master Shipbuilder and Hero
BY WESLEY HUTCHINS This love of sailing earned young Tommie the nickname “Admiral” and perhaps also fueled his interest in ships and shipbuilding. Read more
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The Rising of the Moon Maiden
BY ROBIN FENNELLY Moon Maiden coyly veils her face in the dark, mask of a star filled night. I push my toes deeper into star lit beach. Read more
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Modern Universities: What's Wrong with the World of Education
BY JOHN PAUL MEENAN Education implies at least two things: Teaching the person how to think, as well as what he should know. Read more
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Lord or Lady?: The Search for the Divine Gender
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI In God, we see elements of both the life-giving seeding of man and the life-giving birthing of woman. Read more
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Philosophy, Evidence, and Faith: The Conversion of a Science Fiction Author
BY JOHN C. WRIGHT To my surprise and alarm, I found that, step by step, logic drove me to conclusions no modern philosophy shared. Read more
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The Victorious Godhead: Good Friday, the Annunciation, and the Inklings
BY CHRISTOPHER WOODS There is one recurrent theme in all these events that ties them together in a way: Death and Evil are passing, momentary things. Read more
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So Let It Be Written: A Movie Review of "The Ten Commandments"
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI DeMille was an expert at serving up a feast for the eyes, and this was his ultimate extravaganza of panache and panorama. Read more
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Shaping Destiny: The Importance of Men in Middle-Earth
BY EMERALD Have you noticed than when it comes to a company of mixed races, it’s normally the Men that are chosen to be the leaders? Read more
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Scratch
BY THOMAS LARK “You are the one who has suffered from these attacks – the phenomena – you have mentioned.” Read more
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Faery Lure
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY Passing, beneath three trees of Thorn, noticing, not, wreath snatched, and gone, only protection, from fae. Read more
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Where Does Love Reside?
BY MOON PRYDERI If love resides in the heart, how can we ever say that it outlives death and stays? I want my true love to dwell in a safer haven. Read more
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Stephen Fry's "Mean-Minded" God: Christianity, Suffering, and the Story of Easter
BY BENJAMIN FEARN A world without God would still have suffering and pain, only that kind of world wouldn’t have a rhyme or reason for it. Read more