Month: September 2016
Still Round the Corner: A Lord of the Rings Story
The following account was found among the marginalia of a late Fourth Age manuscript of The King’s Book of Findegil, quite possibly based on a now lost journal or letter; I am…
Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry: A Spiritual Reflection on St. Padre Pio
Even if one had multiple lifetimes to counteract the dire effects of their sins and offered all of their trials and sacrifices to make reparations for them and all those committed since the…
Living Boldly: What Do I Do with the Time that Is Given to Me?
Standing on the edge of a rock, I gazed at the waterfall, letting the roar of the water sink into my heart. The scent of pine mingled with the sunscreen I had liberally applied to…
Star Trek: A Story of Friendship
As young children, my older brother and I watched the original Star Trek series on Saturday mornings. We were not big TV watchers as a family, but Star Trek was special. To make it even…
The Only Ones Worth Fighting For: A Movie Review of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”
I know it’s a bit of an oldie, but just recently I made the pleasant discovery of a little movie called Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. You’re probably wondering how I never managed to see…
Cutting My Hair
Letting my hair down with one simple twist To waft in the breeze without obscuring my vision; A novel sensation. Once it was long and tamed, Now short and wild. A wild child steps forward,…
Logic Alone: A Star Trek Story
~ by M.C. Pehrson The Feast of Surak. There was no greater day of celebration on all of Vulcan. Other boys looked forward to the food, the stories, the gathering of the clan. But not…
Star Trek & Me: Growing Up in the Final Frontier
I never had the privilege of seeing Star Trek during its original three season run on NBC. The show was already celebrating its 10th anniversary when I was born and its 20th when I became…
For the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek: A Spiritual Reflection
Enterprise, what a God-haunted mission you are on. All around you there is light, star-shot and splintered in the endless skies through which you journey. And yet you cannot grasp the Light…