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Spinning Wheels: Ending the Cycle of Political Dehumanization

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Caught in the spinning wheels of political change, I believe it is time for us all to take some inventory on our spiritual state.

All in the Family: A Harry Potter Story

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “I’ve waited for you to have Potter evict me, tell him to abandon his foolish notion of taking me in to begin with.”

Vulcan Valentine Vignette: A Star Trek Story

BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS Not love alone, Sarek thought to her, but love and science intermingled. We will have he who we will call son, in time.

My Fair Lady: A Lady and the Tramp Story

“Ahh.” Joe’s eyes lit up. “Pooch has a real family now! No wonder he hasn’t been here.”

Miraculous Waters: A Troubadour's Link to Lourdes

THE TRAVELING TROUBADOR He was said to be related to St. Bernadette Soubirous, whose maternal family’s name was Casterot.

Sven Stolpe: The Swedish Waugh

BY KARL GUSTEL WARNBERG Sven Stolpe could without exaggeration be compared to Evelyn Waugh. Both were authors, journalists, and hagiographers.

Healing: A Harry Potter Story

BY LORA PALMER “If you don’t allow yourself to feel remorse for what you’ve done, you’ll have as good as destroyed yourself!”

By: Fellowship and Fairydust StaffWord Count: 1056Rating: GSummary: An interview with Eric Tamburino, author of “Where Man and Monster Meet: A New Collection of Fairytales.” Tell us a little about yourself? My name is Eric Tamburino and I am the author of Where Man and Monster Meet: A New Collection of Fairytales. I am a…

The Pleasure of His Majesty: Kingship in the Works of the Inklings

BY CHARLES A. COULOMBE They are mythic figures of romance, images, like their prototypes of Arthur and Charlemagne, of Christ the King.

No True Knight: A Critique of Chivalry in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire"

BY ANDREW JOHN LOMAS He by no means exaggerates the horrors that can be, and have been, perpetuated by knights sword to protect the weak.

Imperiling Empowerment: An Analysis of “Let It Go” in Disney’s “Frozen”

BY DAVID KWON Disney’s film “Frozen” has received rave reviews, and the song “Let It Go” is one of the highlights of the film.

Unheard Voices

“They deserve more than just being a choice, for they are loved, we are their voice…”

A One of a Kind Lady: A Tribute to My Grandmother Lucy

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I remember vividly the times I spent with her on family trips to New Jersey over the years.

Angels Among Us: A Survey of the Heavenly Host

BY ERIC MOODY Angels are not divine; they are not “extensions” of the Holy Trinity, extensions of God. They are creatures, just like us.

Recovering a Truly Pro-Life Ethic

BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Abortion has ever-increasingly become a political football between extremes, and is often hijacked in the most absurd ways.

Like Unto Kings: The Three Magi and the Sacrétemporal Worldview

THE HAPSBURG RESTORATIONIST The Feast of the Epiphany commemorates the threefold manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ in His earthly life.

Memoir of a Soldier Boy: Christmas Reflections in the Aftermath of the First World War

BY LAWRENCE S. HOWE & M.C. PEHRSON In December of 1919, troops were still coming home from the First World War. Some wouldn’t be back for several years.