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Crystals and Their Importance
BY MIKE FLYNN I’ve stumbled across more and more evidence that leads me to believe that at least some of the claims that are made about…
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Fallen Faith: A Movie Review of “Silence”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Even at our darkest point, in the depth of silence and abandonment, Christ crucified is still present to a suffering soul.
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The Wild Hunt
All along the darkened path, They chase the game with mounting wrath, Through drugs or drinks to quiet soul…
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Slip in Time – Chapter 18
BY CHRIS S. (ALIAS WEREWOLFKING350) …James finally got the hint and dashed out after Lily.
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The Best Robe: A Star Trek Story – Chapter 18
I still can’t wrap my mind around that kind of acceptance. No rules, no limitations. Free, unconditional, forgiveness. Love.
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A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 3
BY CAIT SMITH “I’ve been told they’re built on trust,” Tyrion said. “A trait which is perhaps even more important in an arranged marriage.”
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A Not Especially Original Poem About October Rain
This morning I had planned to clear and burn, more of that summer-fallen live-oak tree; that giver of firewood against the winter cold.
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Personal Reflection on Imam Hussain (Peace Be Upon Him)
BY SYEDA KAUSAR As someone who is a descendant of Imam Hussain (Peace Be Upon Him), the pain somewhat hits home.
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A Note of Dissent
In my secret garden grows The Lily and the fair White Rose. Over all, the mournful cry Of the Double-Eagle fills the sky.
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Shadow of the Cross: A Movie Review of Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The film tends to fixate on the notion of Christ’s dual natures of humanity and divinity being at war with one another.
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The Dignity in a Genuflection
Sunflowers do not bend toward the Sun; they genuflect. Which is exactly right for morning prayers.
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God is Greater
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Ya Latif, You who are Most Subtle in Your ways, bring me home. Grant this warrior Your gentleness. Grant this sinner Your grace…”
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Black Swan: An Analysis of Odile in “Swan Lake”
BY HANNAH VINCENT Odile is a creation of Rothbart, the sorcerer who cast a spell on Odette and turned her into a swan.
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Slip in Time – Chapter 17
BY CHRIS S. (ALIAS WEREWOLFKING350) The first few months as a werewolf brought on a lot of intense changes…
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The Best Robe: A Star Trek Story – Chapter 17
Todar blinked several times, trying to clear his vision. He lifted his head, his dazed expression changing to…
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A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 2
BY CAIT SMITH “I’m not going to have a wife and a concubine,” Tyrion said. “That is not my way. And I will be wed to Sansa Stark.”
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The Icon on Your Desk
We kiss the frame of an icon because. We pray for a Breath of the Eternal. We gaze upon an icon because…
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Kessho Chronicles
The door of a quaint little house opened, and a teen entered, his mouth covered with a scarf and a hood over his head…
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Picking a Fight: A Movie Review of “Braveheart”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI The whole Battle of Stirling made me feel kind of adrift and apathetic about who was doing what.