Magic in the Sand: A Fan’s Review of Disney’s Aladdin
I don’t remember the first time I saw Disney’s Aladdin. It just seems like it’s always been in my life. It became my favorite Disney movie, after The Little Mermaid, and it remained so even…
Year: 2019
The Bluebird: Bluebird Helps Ananse
By: Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 1338 Rated: PG (mild combat) Summary: A fantasy short story setting where Bluebird ventures out from an island to find the genies. The Bluebird Being the son…
Maimonides: What Lessons Can He Teach Us Today?
I am an Agnostic man of mixed Hispanic and Ukrainian Jewish background, but I have long been fascinated by the illustrious figure of Maimonides. Here I want to explore what a returned Maimonides would…
There’d be No Santa Claus without St. Nicholas: Remembering the Saint behind the Legend
I find it very troubling when someone's legacy is discredited, especially if that someone was a saint who dedicated his life to helping the poor. While it is apparent that secularists have hijacked Christmas, hearing…
Lady Judith
By Sarah Levesque Word Count: 6357 Rating: G Summary: The events of the Book of Judith as told by the handmaiden of Lady Judith. "Holofernes is coming! Nebuchadnezzar's general is invading! He's got a huge…
C. S. Lewis and the Calormenes: A Critique of Narnia’s Arabesque Baddies
Stereotyping all things “other” has been something of a given in the history of humanity since the first concepts of tribal, religious, and territorial distinctions emerged. The East and West divide between Christians…
The Christ
I am the abundance and fertility of the Earth I am the Water of Life that quenches thirst always I am the Word spread to the four corners by the wind I am Fire in…