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Everyone Sings in Lord of the Rings: The Power of Song in Tolkien's Middle-Earth
BY KATIE GEERLING I have never ceased to be amazed, astounded, and amused at the way the characters burst into song at the drop of a hat.
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Anyone: A Fan’s Review of the Classic Television Series “Emergency!”
BY CLARE-THERESE For those of us who were looking, God had revealed Himself in the chronicles of Station 51 and Rampart General.
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The Best of Both Worlds: The Art and Animation of Disney’s "Tangled"
BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Tangled is, in reality, a significant film that took the beauty of animated films to new heights, and changed the world of animation forever.
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The Advocate
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA Sequestered in the upper room, Eleven staunchly wait and pray. They know not what they’re waiting for, But till it comes they mean to stay.
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Stratford and Shakespeare: Exploring the Birthplace of the Bard
BY RAE-RAE FRANCHI As part of my study of the famous playwright, I also went on a college trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
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The Rich Young Man
BY CAROLYN MANION “It’s all over town that you went with the crowd of peasants and listened to that addle-pated Rabbi preach from a mountain-top all day long!”
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Character Injustice: Underappreciated Figures in the Star Wars Universe
BY EMILY GEERLING I usually enjoy having nerdy Star Wars rants, but I’ve noticed that certain characters are unjustly labeled.
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Idea: The Writer’s War
BY MARY-FAUSTINA The idea seizes. I fly to pen. These whispers burning deep within to scribe these thoughts of dawn-like fire.
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Dazzling With an Excess of Truth: Finding God In the Abstract
BY EFFIE DEANS God dazzles us with an excess of truth. The music brings us to God when the truth overwhelms us.
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The Song of a Grasshopper: The Spiritual Wisdoms of the Classic Television Series "Kung Fu"
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Kung Fu falls into a genre all its own, even as it incorporates key elements from traditional Westerns and martial arts action flicks.
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Hope: The Battle of Helm’s Deep through the Eyes of Haleth, Son of Háma
BY CLARE-THERESE “They say that he is one of the Dúnedain, a long-lived race of wisdom and might. He is a great friend of the Elves.”
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Christ Our Light
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA We turn to see the flame that burns so steadily, the Easter candle, soaring high, a light that will not ever die.
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Stabbed by Joy: Ode to the Return of the Prodigal Color, Come Springtime
BY MARIE JEANETTE Longed, pined, Wept, died – ‘Waited’ is too Weak a word. Wouldn’t come. (Couldn’t come?) Never mind…
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The Golden Destiny
BY CAROLYN MANION “Our king Mantius’ daughter, Tragasia, is dying for lack of a certain piece of gold which kept her beautiful.”
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How Middle Earth Launched the Fantasy Genre
BY KAT CLEMENTS As a lover of fantasy, I am forever in Tolkien’s debt for bringing the genre out of the childish realm of fairy tales.
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An Island’s Daughter
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The old stories have a rhythm like the waves of the sea, washing up on the dark sands of time.
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A Desert with Roses: Ten Simple Resolutions to Enrich My Lent
BY MARY-FAUSTINA Pray with joy…and pray more. Everything can be a prayer if offered to God with joy.
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Please Write Back
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Forgive me; I’m a sentimental fool, but I love the way you wrote and the way you spoke.
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A Light that Darkness Cannot Kill: Sam’s Song to Frodo
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA It doesn’t matter anymore what fate lies for us in store. We came to do what good we may; what comes will come on this grim day.