Author: Avellina Balestri
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Love in a Time of Tigers: A St. Valentine's Day Reflection
BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON The Hero who overrides every storybook champion invites you to ride with Him ever after. Read more
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What is Love?
BY KAT CLEMENTS What is love? It is every love song you have ever heard wrapped in silver. It is the taste of amber fire on your tongue. Read more
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Poppy and Pomegranate
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO “Do you see now where hate takes you? Especially hate that has no reasoning for it, behind it?” Read more
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Love, Strength and Dignity: The Many Faces of Jane Eyre
BY KAT CLEMENTS Jane is, as she says, ‘poor, obscure, plain, and little.’ But she is full of heart, passion, and intelligence. Read more
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Cloud Children
BY BETHANY SHELDAHL “I was wrong! I thought cloud-children were better than humans, but Timothy has saved my life! And now he will die.” Read more
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Storytelling: A Ritual of Change
BY RACHEL SCHMIDT I expect, in a great story, for there to be something that stirs in me a sense of change- no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Read more
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That Essential Link
BY DAN KELLY That essential link, the continuity of our kind, I experience it again, life, on-going, unbroken. Read more
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A God that Encircles: My Journey Through Celtic Christianity
BY MERCIA VAN DER VYVER To the Celtic Christian, God and Christ are everywhere, in and through, above and below all of creation. Read more
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All Things Permitted?: God, Immortality, and Morality
BY EFFIE DEANS Christian morality is the paradoxical unity of salvation by faith alone and salvation by means of good works. Read more
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Imbolc
BY TIMOTHY MATHER As the little crocus thrusts her leaves through the snow, may I awaken from the deep slumber of introspection. Read more
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A Friend in Need
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY Within a locked and ornate cage, a fairy sat in sorrow. The sorceress who locked her there, would come again tomorrow. Read more
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A Dream and a Journey: The Writing of “The Black Knight of Avalon Chronicles”
BY SUNBOW PENDRAGON The Black Knight travels the length and breadth of Britain, seeking out both highborn and common traitors. Read more
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The Duty of Stars: A Faerie Tale
BY RACHEL LIANNA HOLLAND “Age does not matter much to Stars. We burn on and on and we guard the light in the heavens.” Read more
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Magic Must Have a Meaning: Chesterton, Lewis & Tolkien in Elf-Land
BY JOSEPH PEARCE This ability of fairy stories to show us ourselves is dependent on our ability to see ourselves in the mirror that they hold up to us. Read more
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Handsome and the Hag: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling
BY KAT CLEMENTS “Do as you please,” she said. “Make yourself at home and do not attempt to open any locked doors.” Read more
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The Ring: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY CATHERINE STEWART Imagine if a ring of gold could spin spells and tricks a hundredfold, starting in a forge of fire, tainted by one’s great desire. Read more
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King and Priest and Sacrifice: A Review of Charles William’s Play "Seed of Adam"
BY SORINA HIGGINS “Seed of Adam” became a staple of religious drama for many years, with countless performances around England every winter. Read more
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The Inside is Bigger than the Outside: A Christmas Thought from Narnia and for Our World Too
BY BRENTON DICKIESON The strange, almost incongruous coming of Father Christmas to the Narnian Woods signals the breaking of Narnia’s long winter. Read more
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Following the Light: An Epiphany Reflection
BY FR. FRANK SACKS There are wise men and women throughout history who seek God, and not only our believing Christian community. Read more
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Misleading Labels: Pope Francis and the Political Quandary
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Perhaps in the broad sociological sphere, conservatism and liberalism are not so much at odds as inextricably intertwined. Read more