Blog
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Why “Star Trek” – and Mr. Spock – Matter
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS As a quiet, bookish boy who stood somewhat apart from my peers at school, I identified with Mr. Spock.
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Cap O’ Rushes: An Old English Fairy Tale in Verse
BY PHOENIX And since she gave no name at all, her they all agreed to call Cap o’ Rushes for the cape she always wore.
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Connecting with a Tree
BY KATHRYN BIRCHFIRE You are in the woods: the forest is dark around you, but all you can see is roots that touch the pool.
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Dreams of Fairfield Creek: A Memoir of a Maryland Childhood
BY RACHEL LIANNA HOLLAND Someday I’ll write a book about a girl who finds her way back to that Neverland of her childhood.
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Your Voice
BY HANNAH-BIRD I thought I heard a whisper in the wind, Your voice calling – “Come to me again.” “My beautiful child” – you said.
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Meditation on the Longing for Death
BY THE MAESTRO Each night I sleep, my body to restore, yet morning rise, as weary as before.
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Biographies of the Inklings
BY PHOENIX As a child he listened to his father’s tales of Middle Earth, and as a teenager, he gave feedback on The Lord of the Rings.
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Longest Reign and Still Going Strong
BY WESLEY HUTCHINS For many Americans (including yours truly), the Queen has definitely earned our respect and appreciation over these last 63 years.
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On Men’s Road: A Unicorn’s Lament
BY KAT CLEMENTS There’s no stopping the battle now. The blood falls, soaking into the sands, and here I am on men’s road.
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Red: A Sestina
BY SHANNON LISE JOHNSON I walked the edge of the newborn dawn, that wakened the world with fire, and I stood on the brink of the setting sun.
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Tales from the Tavern: The Thief of Melnisgarten
BY STUART S. LAING “Well, when you get to be as old as I am, you have no shortage of stories to tell, true enough.”
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Creation Song
BY PHOENIX Out of the dark and void of space, Light sprang to greet His hand. He drew from night and nothinginess a bright and holy brand.
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On Adventure: A Letter to My Children
BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON And there is more. At the brink of waterfalls and in the hills over the river, we get a little wild, don’t we?
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When I Am Weak, I Am Strong: Frodo’s Providential Heroism
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA If Frodo had demonstrated his strength by simply tossing aside the Ring, we would have lost that crucial glimpse of God’s unseen Presence.
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Fighting the Long Defeat
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Why do our stories march on before us? Those who remember them oft times ignore us. But our presence is there; our spirit-born breath.
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Hope at Damietta
BY PHOENIX “All suffering here will end, and we will know its purpose some day, but for now…we can only try to do and be good.”
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Emerald’s Interviews: Interview with an Elf-Lord
BY EMERALD Today we have a special guest for all of you Middle-Earth fans out there. Direct from the halls of Valinor itself, we’re here live with Glorindel of Rivendell!
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The Development of Chivalry: From Medieval Propaganda to Catholic Virtue
BY MARY FRANCES JOHNSON For St. Bernard and all Christians, the chivalrous ideal was the ideal of the martyr; it was the life of a saint.
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Lord Jesus, The next time I am tempted to sin, Stop me before it’s too late. Help me think about what I am doing- What I am doing to You.
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Portsmouth vs. Plymouth: A Traveler’s Comparison
BY RAE-RAE FRANCHI I think it’s history really is the pride of Portsmouth and they make full use of that. You can’t really escape it.