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The Rainy Day
She’s stomping through the puddles; how she loves to make them splash! She loves the…
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Moments at Gol: Chapter 10 – Sulu
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “You inspired such respect and loyalty that it was important to be sure that we did what was right for your family.”
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Teenagers in the Book Store
There were three, two of them flitting about, the third was sitting cross-legged on the floor in a sweater and jeans, her shoes…
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Liturgical Art: My Story
BY PAUL NIXON Stories in the Greensboro papers have led to greater exposure and more commissions. I am now referred to as a “local artist.”
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Moments at Gol: Chapter 9 – Scott
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “Mr Spock, I thought ye might like t’have a look at the ship and jog yer memory perhaps.” Scotty said with careful patience.
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Just Wait and See: Chapter 9
Susan and Tommy recovered their health. Now that they were up and out of bed, it became harder…
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“Good People” and Paradise
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI But that’s just it: what kind of hearts are those which God is searching out, and which are after His own heart? Surely “good” ones, we would think.
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Mary, Fatima, and the Sacred Feminine
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI In the month of May, Catholics focus particular attention on the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of faith.
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Mary and Fatima: Reflections on the Sacred Feminine in Christianity and Islam
Both Mary and Fatima are seen, in their respective traditions, as “queens of paradise.” And what is a queen of paradise? Perhaps it has less to do with crowns and scepters, and more to do with a certain fullness of being, a height of proximity to the divine light.
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The Art of Retelling
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Don’t get too hung up on details from other versions. Take the grounding, universal aspects…the spirit that makes it worth telling.
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Moments at Gol: Chapter 8 – Chekov
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “Vell, er – “Chekov scratched at his ear, and then shrugged, ‘“Vell, everything of note vas invented in Russia.”
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Just Wait and See: Chapter 8
Each day, the sun lingered a bit longer, warming the garden soil. Uncle Lars started up the tractor…
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Spring of the Fairy Dragons
BY MIKE FLYNN The moment had finally arrived, and every fairy was busy tending to the chosen flowers in the meadow. This long-awaited time only occurred…
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How I Came to Grips with Not Being Normal
BY KETURAH LAMB I loved how my family was basically a soap opera that couldn’t be fitted into any box.
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Moments at Gol: Chapter 7 – Uhura
BY ACONITUM-NAPELLUS “It is one of the classic eras, made by T’Kaht in the ShiGahr workshops. It’s a little older than your lyre. It has a beautiful sound.”
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Just Wait and See: Chapter 7
Papa and Christina Kester were now husband and wife. On the little farm, Emma loved…
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Christ in a Waiting Room: An Early Spring Spiritual Epiphany
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The painting showed the body of Christ being taken down by the cross, about to be placed in the arms of the sorrowing mother.
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The Dala’il al Kharat and Islamic Spiritual Tradition
BY ELIZABETH BOOTMAN As beautiful as Islamic traditions, art, music, and practices are, they are often not really adapted for children very well.
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The Ghost Book
In midst of all, have I learned at last, present is embedded in the past. Sages say that the tree is bent as the seedling is, by nature, sent.
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A Writer’s Life
BY VANESSA PARRY I scrawl my scattered dreams on screeds of paper. They drift and tumble about me like fading weeds in the wind.