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Home Reclaimed: A Selkie’s Return
BY DONNA FERGUSON DUDLEY The little child walked through the woods and found a tiny pool, and wondered what there could be found beneath its waters cool.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Our Lady of the World
BY RONNIE SMITH Sublime as night that orbits Sun, she holds the earth in cosmic love, attracting to the Living One the souls who search this life for love.
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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.
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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.”
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Tolkien and Lewis: The Last Sane Men Standing and Their Understanding of Fantasy
BY JAMES MICHAEL GILL It is not only knowledge and skill that make for good fantasy, but has a right way to be, and an end that makes it good or bad.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bird-Boned and Human: A Star Trek Story
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “Go,” she said softly to Sarek. “Go and make whatever arrangements you must. Do this last thing for Spock.”