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Light and High Beauty: The Virtue of Hope in “The Lord of the Rings”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI So, on that dismal day, God gave me the ray of sunlight, shining like a promise in the sky and soothing the myriad fears gnawing at my mind.
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A Movie Fan’s Dream: A Crossover Story
BY EMILY GEERLING “Within that fortress is Mousina the Princess, bride of our ally Reepicheep’s brother Brownacrown.”
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A Hallowed Eve: The Spiritual and Cultural Traditions of Halloween
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Old traditions from Paganism remained a major part of All Hallows, including the concept of the dead making visits to the living.
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An Encounter with Gene Roddenberry: The Traveling Troubadour Meets the Great Bird of the Galaxy
BY THE TRAVELING TROUBADOUR These Traveling Troubadours are hereby commissioned as Honorary Flight Deck officers on the United Space Ship Enterprise!
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Dreaming Culture
BY FOX OF THE OAKS Fire on the earth. Seeds in the garden. Rain from the sky. I sit. I breathe. I dream. Big trees, dancing over many years.
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The Stag Who Lived Forever
BY BRYANA JOY JOHNSON “I am rare and exceptional. I am going to hang in a king’s castle and be admired by noblemen for a hundred years.”
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The Great Cabin: An Adventure on Board HMS Victory
BY RAE-RAE FRANCHI Victory is always a good attraction, but this experience took it to a whole new level of awesome.
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A Bard’s Prayer
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Let me catch the flame, golden, glittering, glaring, so my fingers may glow as I hold the pen.
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"Gentleman Johnny:" The Life and Times of General John Burgoyne
BY GRAEME RESTORICK Burgoyne’s favourite subject whilst at school was history, (commendably enough!), with an especial interest in military history.
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Identity: What We Do Changes Who We Are
BY DR. PETER KREEFT This principle runs through all of life from top to bottom: give up yourself and you’ll find your real self. Lose your self and you’ll save it.
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An English Jacobite: James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and the '15 Rising
BY GRAEME RESTORICK The sadness and regret felt by many at his fate inspired a famous lament known as ‘Derwentwater’s Farewell’.
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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.