BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The colonial relationship with the mother country linked many unlikely individuals through ties of blood and affection. Read more

BY GRAEME RESTORICK Tolkien was lucky to survive. Front line junior officers were statistically more likely to become casualties than to escape unscathed. Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA A small hobbit now holds authority over one of the mighty Istari – an authority that can only come from God. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The Maker of all Magic, The Wisdom of the Salmon, The Crispness of the Apple, The Strength of every Tree. Read more

BY KATIE GEERLING I have never ceased to be amazed, astounded, and amused at the way the characters burst into song at the drop of a hat. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI United by breaking waves and surging blood and the same paths paved in the same sod. Read more

BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Tangled is, in reality, a significant film that took the beauty of animated films to new heights, and changed the world of animation forever. Read more

BY CAROLYN MANION “It’s all over town that you went with the crowd of peasants and listened to that addle-pated Rabbi preach from a mountain-top all day long!” Read more

BY EFFIE DEANS God dazzles us with an excess of truth. The music brings us to God when the truth overwhelms us. Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA We turn to see the flame that burns so steadily, the Easter candle, soaring high, a light that will not ever die. Read more

BY CAROLYN MANION “Our king Mantius’ daughter, Tragasia, is dying for lack of a certain piece of gold which kept her beautiful.” Read more

BY ELLEN VIRGINIA I marvel at the stirring sight of our Creator’s unleashed might. Who could claim that God is just a lie when tribute to Him floods the sky? Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI You’re driving yourself too hard, taut like a violin string about to snap. Let yourself laugh without an afterthought. Read more

BY CLARE-THERESE “And the Master of the house said to the servant, ‘You have done well, my good and faithful servant.'” Read more

BY EMERALD Some of them may be known to you already, but others might cause your eyebrows to shoot up your forehead. Read more

BY EMILY GEERLING For God’s Enchantment is just like ours, excepting this one amazing truth: God can make His Fantasy world actually exist. Read more

BY MARY-FAUSTINA Across the hills as they all grew, I danced as swift as falcons flew: Gazelle in ecstasy, I ran. Read more

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI If I should die while he is away, fighting for the honor of his own chosen lady, send him my heart in a casket of silver. Read more

BY MARY-FAUSTINA Loveliness will soon burst out of this winter: from the Death comes the Beginning Again. Read more

BY MARY-FAUSTINA In the books, Faramir is, indeed, very much like a saint. A hero. He is strong and wise and wholly unaffected by the Ring’s lure. Read more