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Ferguson’s Grave
Ferguson, lying beneath cold stones, gray with lichen clinging, do you yearn for the sounds of home? Can you hear me singing?
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Nothing Human
Nothing human is a stranger to God on the tree in agony. He is in one place, and in all, the Calvary of Mankind. He is not safe from our iniquity, nor is He absent from our misery.
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The Priest’s House
Cleaning out a priest’s house is a strange thing. I am like a sheep who finds the shepherd gone far away…
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The West Wind Comes Walking: A Lord of the Rings Fanfiction
Blade swings, singing the song of ages, the song of passing from one realm to the next, the song of pulsing blood overflowing. Is it an anthem, a dirge, or a lullaby? Boromir knows not…
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Inherit the Earth: A Planet of the Apes Fanfiction
Once, many ages past, in the ancient stories of the human race, you cried out you had no king but Caesar, and you lifted high one of your kind to mocked and spat upon.
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God’s Good Chaos: A Reflection on the Problem of Evil
I do not believe every movement of the natural world as it carries out its prescribed functions is so much predestined as permitted, and yet it is the “backdrop” of our own ability to grow, to relate, to love, to move, to have our being.
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Adam, Christ, and Evolution: Seeking Meaning in Our Primordial Past
The very fact that we are able to say “Thou” to God means that we are able to disobey and reject Him, to turn away from the “Eden” of spiritual union with Him and choose our own path of disorder.
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Come, My Love: An Analysis of Thomas Merton’s Mystical Poem “Pass Through My Will”
The poem calls for the coming of the Divine Lover, as “all through the night I lay longing, eagerly to wait for love’s union”. There is no shame in this, but rather a reveling in the anticipation as it was meant to be, not cheap, not base, but holistic between body and soul.
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Building a Bridge and Drawing a Line: A Way Forward for Traditional Religious and LGBT Communities
I believe in a kind of “live and let live” approach, trying hard to walk the tight-rope of respecting each other’s freedom and boundaries. Perhaps we need, more than anything, to get more comfortable with the presence of the other…
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Pilgrimage to a Small Island: A Britophile’s Memoir
Oh, my little island, do I have to go away so soon? There are too many fragile, aching sentiments left in me now, and I keep hunting for you everywhere I go.
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God Save the King!
I say, God save the King, for the present must not scorn the past, but work through her wisdom. I say, God save the King, for we are not nourished by bread alone, but by symbols and signs.
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Love Goes On and On: Growing Up with Disney’s “Robin Hood”
Robin Hood, the animated feature, continues to shine brightly in all of its childlike innocence, and yet still manages to capture the paradox of the Christian message – the defiance of it, the inverse reality of the last being first, and the first last.
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The Priest’s Passion
By Father Gerard Hatton As we delve under the substance, to explore the priest’s work, we find a Christ-centred priesthood.
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The Philosophy of Dostoevsky Chapter 10: Grand Inquisitor (Part 5)
BY EFFIE DEANS Impressions of Dostoevsky’s work and themes
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A Legendary Queen: Part 2 – Chapter Eighteen: Terebinthian Royalty
BY AMANDA TKACZOW “You, Daddy, and I are going to meet some people who are going to visit Narnia. Now, please sit down so I can get your shoes on.”
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Tolkien Before Jackson: A Look at Early Adaptations Part 7
BY G. CONNOR SALTER A look back at adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work that you forgot about.
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A Protestant Pilgrimage: Reflections on King William of Orange
By John Lindsay Some personal thoughts and reflections on the life of King William of Orange.
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The Philosophy of Dostoevsky Chapter 10: Grand Inquisitor (Part 4)
BY EFFIE DEANS Impressions of Dostoevsky’s work and themes
