Jesus of Palestine
Was Jesus of Palestine?Let Him be your answer.Where have I seen the thirsty?There, you have seen Him.When the water is cut offand the children's mouths are parched.Where the land is hot and brokenlike oven-baked bread.He…
Year: 2020
Do the Trees Hear Us?
Do you think the trees can hear usas we walk beneath their boughs?Softly treading all around them;morning mist touching their brows. Do you think that they can feel ustreading the earth over their roots?Do they…
Moments at Gol: Chapter 1 – Kirk
Jim was scared to see Spock. He had never been scared to see Spock before. The Vulcan had been apprehensive of facing him, perhaps when he had spoken of pon farr, so very long ago.…
A Review of Hugh Lofting’s Victory for the Slain
“Perhaps my very thinking’s out of step.” - Hugh Lofting This month is the 100th anniversary of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Doolittle yarns, which I have never read. When it comes to talking animals, I prefer Donald…
Middle-earth Virtues in Research – Part 3: Wisdom
The scholars who researched the virtue of wisdom in Tolkien’s work most extensively are Smith, Dickerson, Markos, and Walsh. They all agree in the understanding of wisdom as an ability to discern between various choices…
Just Wait and See: Chapter 1
~ by M. C. Pehrson Emma Winberry had always loved the very first day of a new school year, so fresh, so full of promise. While her father adjusted his bowtie at the living room…
A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 21
Everlong - Foo Fighters And I wonderwhen I sing along with youif everything could ever feel this real forever--if everything could ever be this good again.The only thing I'll ever ask of you:You gotta promise…
Night in New Bedford
‘Tis twilight in New Bedford-town, and all is still and deep, the day from that old Yankee town has left and gone to sleep. all is quiet on the wharf, gone are sounds of day,…
The Story of the Shamrock
A long time ago, on the world of Gaeliand, lived a leprechaun by the name of Patirik. This leprechaun was a holy one, seeking the will of God in all things, and eventually became a…
