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Why I Don’t Like Lord of the Rings: A Candid Review
BY KATIE HANNA Some people fear failure, or their own incompetence. Some people fear control or domination. Me? I fear becoming evil.
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The Burning of Hobera Chapter 2: Safe Return
“One day we shall return,” intoned the king in the words of the prophecy. “Males and a female will call us. Elf, hob, a dwarf, and a berserker, Will be there to welcome us. All will be glad For the evil one will be gone, Returning peace to the land, One that will last very…
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Harry Potter and the Pain of Revenge: Chapter 2
Snape stared at the boy, nearly dumbfounded. After last week’s…altercation… he had expected the boy to never darken his doorway out of his own free will again. “What are you doing here, you foolish boy?” Snape snapped finally.
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Just A Drop
It may feel like a drop in the ocean, But it is a drop of power. It is really a drop into a vase, And in the vase is a flower.
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Virtuous Venturing: The Hobbit
BY MARIE JEANETTE Throughout the story, Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist, grows in faith, hope, and love in turn.
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Lost Time: Chapter 6
Joyce hears a young man reading from a book. But Joyce is too tired to try to hear or understand and she went back … Joyce remembers now her second son Gabriel Jr. and how she taught him how to read.
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Jack North’s Case
“Hiccup, Black’s moving,” whispered Jack. Hiccup glanced over Jack’s shoulder at the house, the light was definitely moving, and to the other side of the house.
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Creatures of Hobbit
BY HOPE BOLLINGER Yes, we’re hobbit and human too, heroes the world never saw coming up the misty mountains.
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Springtime with Tolkien: A Seasonal Reflection on Stratford Caldecott’s “The Power of the Ring”
BY DANNY OSCAR RUTILLIO Through myth, through poetry, Tolkien has evoked a feeling beyond words that comes from the deepest levels of our nature.
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The Fellowship of the King
You must not take this lightly, friend. Although you are dreaming, the invitation is quite real.
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A Meditation on Meeting Souls Gone By
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I’m the kind of person who must “meet” people. It is the only way I can know them, living or dead.
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Emmaus Isn’t on the Map
By Lawrence “Mack” Hall Word Count: 80 Rating: G Summary: a short poem reflecting on Luke 24:13-35 The road from Emmaus is not in the book Emmaus isn’t even on the map Still, people walk to Emmaus every day And then they go away to somewhere else Because while everyone visits Emmaus It’s only for…
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The Burning of Hobera Chapter 1: Kidnapping
Muno’s eyes grew slightly wider and he glanced at the other prisoners before turning back to Leran with a confused look on his face. “I thought the prophecy only spoke of one female, not three!”
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Harry Potter and the Pain of Revenge: Chapter 1
“How dare you!” Snape roared. The smash of glass against stone made Harry flinch. “You beastly—awful—terrible—” Snape apparently didn’t have sufficient words.
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A Saturday Morning in the Bookstore
BY LAWRENCE HALL Why are there now so many books of lists of ten things we must do before we die?
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Shakespeare Aboard the Enterprise
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL There are no Methodists in Star Trek. Nor are there any Baptists or Catholics or Jews.
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Ubi Petrus
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL Where Peter was, there also was the Tomb — blood-sodden dreams cold-rotting in old sin, the Chalice left unwashed.
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The Trinity of Truths in “I Thirst!”
BY ANNA RAJAGOPAL Our Lord raised that voice which had once inspired hundreds with the power of divinity in a weak appeal. He pleads: ‘I thirst!’