Tithen: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias: Elwen) Word Count: 670 Rated: G Summary: Frodo meets Tithen, Elrond's cat, for the first time. Frodo could not remember ever feeling so at peace and he gently scratched the neck…
Year: 2019
Oh, Ye Lovers!: A Meditation on Mawlana Rumi and St. John of the Cross
“The people of the city, young and old Were all lamenting, crying, sighing loud The villagers as well as Turks and Greeks, They tore their shirts from grief for this great man. ‘He was our…
Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 32: Dumbledore’s Last Stand
By LastCrazyHorn Word Count: 105891 Rating: PG-13 for brief language, violence, and depictions of abuse Summary: A disabled Harry comes to Hogwarts story. Everyone expects him to be like his dad, but how can he be with…
A Light to the Nations: A Reflection on Isaiah’s Prophecy
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone…” Isaiah’s prophetic voice shouts amid a dark, gloomy, and torn world.…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 21
She awoke next morning feeling better than she had for many days. She pushed the covers back and got slowly to her feet, noticing that the other beds in the room were all empty. She…
Meeting in the Black Forest
By Amanda Pizzolatto, (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 2253 Rating: G Summary: The story of Scheherazade's rendezvous with a genie friend She walked gracefully under the canopy of dark needles, the only thing moving in an…
Slaves, Sons, and Submission: Christian and Muslim Understandings of God
There is a common claim made that the distinction between Muslim and Christian understandings of God are a stark difference between a distant, remote, severe deity and an intimate, invested, and loving one.…
Snowflakes
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 76 Rating: G Summary: a poem of falling snow Snowflakes are twirling The wind is whirling All throughout the land Crystals they are Like sparkling stars That tumble to the…
If in a Desert
By Mack Hall Word Count: 80 Rating: G Summary: This world is like a desert, we must find our roses. If in a desert live we, still, we live And our recusant duty is to…
Song of Iluvatur: A Silmarillion Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 804 Rating: G Summary: Legolas experiences the thrill and beauty of the music orchestrated by Iluvatur. A light breeze sent clouds scudding across the night sky, seeking in…