Childhood Is a Kingdom: A Reflection on "The Wizard of Oz"
When I was a child, I read The Wizard of Oz over the course of a few days. I was eight years old and reading still made me feel accomplished. I read it…
Year: 2016
The Feast of the Seeker
Hands carefully and tenderly holding a book Pages thick and full between fingers in Anticipation of what new kernels Of wisdom may be consumed Chewed upon and digested with Hopes of nourishing a hungry Soul.…
The Genesis Problem: A Catholic Literary Commentary
I’m continually amazed how often the “problem” of Genesis comes up in my work of evangelization and apologetics. What I mean is the way people struggle with the seemingly bad science that is on…
Song of the Rising Mist
Sometimes I vanish into a wordless silence when love seems to play inside my heart, the way light disappears inside a wave as the power of a surging sea settles beneath a surface of outer…
Once Upon an End: A Short Story of Truth and Tale-Telling
The End. He had reached the End of the world… and even come back from it. There he had expected to find monsters with torturous tentacles splayed on cliffs, or perhaps bleak beasts of shadow…
Aragorn the Lover: Union with the Beloved and the Call to Greatness
Halbarad, the Ranger of the North, bears a gift for Aragorn. It is a thing of mystery, “close furled in a black cloth bound about with many thongs”. And there is a message with it…
Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time is, in itself, a beautifully-written and enchanting book. It tells the story of young Meg Murry, a girl who feels like she does nothing right, and who sometimes believes what all…
Eternal Bond: To My Twin Flame
How I cherish the memory of that day, the day we made a promise to each other there in what was our favorite sanctuary – out in the open space and surrounded by the astounding…
“Stand, Men of the West!”: The Virtue of Chivalry in Middle-Earth
“I bow not yet before the Iron Crown, nor cast my own small golden sceptre down” The Lord of the Rings, and indeed the whole Lengendarium of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is among the greatest influences on…
Faith Flicks: Sources of Inspiration or Despair?
It seems that there is something stirring in the movie-making business as of late. Namely, religious themes are reappearing on the radar in a more positive light to appease the niche counter-cultural audience that…