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Father Christmas – The Curse is Broken: A Chronicles of Narnia Story
BY DEAN MAXWELL “The land lies under a curse but somehow this year feels… significant. It’s as if I can feel change coming.”
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The Green Dragon Caper: 2. Cognac and Crime
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO There was a stunned moment of silence as they processed what the twins were saying to them. Someone had been attacked? In the Shire? And Mrs. Proudfoot of all people? What was the Shire coming to?
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The Tash Files – Chapter 23 – Reepicheep 1
BY HANNAH SKIPPER I could have predicted the outcome of this latest episode with your despicable patient…
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Susan of Narnia: Remembering (The Eighth Chronicle of Narnia) – Afterward: Why I Wrote Susan of Narnia
BY KETURAH LAMB I was first introduced to the world of Narnia when I was about eleven years old, through the BBC movie…
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Salaam, Maryam
BY ADEEL AHMED “It is the will of your Lord that you should bring forth a pure boy, who will be a light of truth to all existence.”
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The Coming of Christmas
BY BROTHER RICHARD HENDRICK We have watched and waited your wombing into world; lit lamps of longing in our Advent art and found freedom in ancient avenues.
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Legend of the Christmas Fae
BY ARIAN NIWL “Your magic employs to bring love and joy that the promise of the green woods means.”
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Christmas Reflection 2021
This Christmas time my reflection is on the many crises in the world and the opportunity we are given to enact our spiritual callings and apply their ways of being to how we respond to crises.
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The Darkest Day
BY PATRICK W. KAVANAGH I was righteous once. I bore my load and paid my dues. I had a home. I had a family. I had a reason to believe.
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy – F&F Christmas 2021 Newsletter
Our newsletter for Christmas 2021, which features both original literary works and holiday/winter reflections from the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and G.K. Chesterton. Additionally, we have ten pages of photos submitted by staff and regular contributors featuring the decorations they have for the festive season!
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The Christmas Puzzle
Oh Christmas road, oh Christmas road, how bittersweet is your dusty path,
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The Tash Files – Chapter 22 – Miraz
BY HANNAH SKIPPER Well done, my little protege, well done. Unlike so many of your worthless colleagues…
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Every Christmas Eve: A Nutcracker Story
BY BELLATRIX THE STAR “The people in the Land of Snow will be overjoyed, but if this goes on much longer, we’ll be snowed under!”
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Susan of Narnia: Remembering (The Eighth Chronicle of Narnia) – Chapter Twelve: The Train
BY KETURAH LAMB Every memory laid written in Susan’s lap, a pile of used ink cartridges on the floor near her feet.
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What Tiny Tim Really Taught Us: How Charles Dickens Accidentally Revived Christmas
BY MICHAEL DURNAN Dickens quickly realized that an entertaining and dramatic story would have a far greater impact.
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Finding Certainty in an Uncertain World
As I write this, it’s hard to find the correct balance. Do you be cynical but prepared for when disappointment happens, or do you look forward to things ‘getting better’ and having your hopes dashed?
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The Present
BY LEAH FISHER “You, Mr. Webber, are right on time, and you have made this a very happy Kingsmas for me.”
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6 Reasons Why ‘Die Hard’ Is a Christmas Movie
BY KATE O’HARE “There are two kinds of people: Those who think ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie; and those who are wrong.”
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The Green Dragon Caper: 1. Mead and Messes
BY AMANDA PIZZOLATTO It was a hundred-and-thirty years to the day that Frodo Baggins last looked upon Middle-Earth. The other three Hobbits had left the Shire long before this time, Samwise Gamgee west to the Undying Lands, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took east to Rohan and Gondor.