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Love Left in England: An Ivanhoe Story
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO “I apologize for their sharp tongues. Should you ever have any other problems with them, come see me. I will whip them into shape.”
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The Dance of the Soulmates
BY UZAIR PARKER I succumb to emotion, allowing grief to wash over me as my hands trace the outline of a small wooden chair and a few books neatly piled atop a three legged desk.
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Through My Most Grievous Fault: A Hunchback of Notre Dame Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You say that? You?” She stood up and looked at him full in the face. “Then you cannot bear the evil eye, as first I thought…”
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Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Epilogue
By Giovanni Carmine Costabile Merlin had to lean on his oaken staff to manage to climb the steep, rocky steps of the caves…
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Cemetery Story: A Muslim’s Memoir
BY NAZIA IFTEKHAR I enter the cemetery and follow the all too familiar winding paths.
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Lives and Works of the Great Authors: Homer
BY GUY JACKSON Of the two poems commonly attributed to Homer, the Iliad was traditionally considered the more sublime.
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Mysteries of the Deep
BY MICHAEL GOTH The old man lit his pipe. He shook out the match, tossed it away and took a drag.
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Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Part 6
By Giovanni Carmine Costabile On New Year’s Day, in the early morning, Sir Gawain mounted Gringolet and, following the guide Lord Berleddisg had appointed…
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Brigid of the Flame
BY TIMOTHY MATHER I am known as Mary of the Gael. I am the Queen of generosity, for Christ dwells in every creature.
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Washington Takes Command: An American Girl Story
BY HANNAH SKIPPER “Mr. Adams argued that if the colonies didn’t unite around the cause, then they’d lose.”
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Under the Brooklyn Bridge
“The arches would rise more than a hundred feet, like majestic cathedral windows or the portals of a triumphant gateway”
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Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Part 5
By Giovanni Carmine Costabile “Where are we?” Gawain asked the porter, as the latter escorted him through candlelit corridors and magnificent halls…”
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Tolkien & Teilhard, Creation & Evolution: Alternative Sages of the Modern Age
BY WARREN HERMAN Tolkien and Teilhard were both, in their own ways, masters of narrative. In different ways, they give us two alternative visions of the world.
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The Two Messengers
BY EDWIN WOODRUFF TAIT Perhaps to the clear-eyed angel there was nothing in the word he brought but glory
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And All Of Us Prepared the Feast…
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Inside the castle, my several hundred coworkers and I looked perfect for a faux medieval party.
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Sir Gawain and the Princess of Elfland: Part 4
By Giovanni Carmine Costabile Despite the knight’s desire to leave for Gogledd Cymru the next day at dawn, Sir Gawain’s leavetaking…
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Theophanies
BY SARAH BINGHAM They knew the way and where to go – God led them by a star.
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Christmas Choirs
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO Oh listen, listen, to voices as deep as the sea, singing a chant worshipping the Godhead Three
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A History of Light
BY REGAN KING In the Universe began a beautiful symphony
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An Elegy for Puppets: Remembering a Christmas Craftsman
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Christmas is more than just hope, peace, joy and love..It is a story with its share of strife, and for many of us, a time to mourn what we’ve lost.