Life, Death, and Rebirth – Spring 2021 Issue
"Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is." – Jessica Harrelson As Christians, we mark spring with the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter – imitating Christ’s 40 days in the desert…
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Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Queen of the World: Varda as the Image of Our Lady
The image of Varda as a representation of Saint Mary the Virgin, Jesus’ mother, is clear. As Tolkien asserted, her character was “clearly related to Catholic devotion to [Saint] Mary” (Carpenter, 2006, p. 288), who…
Roots: Insights from the Tree Alphabet of Old Ireland: Yew
“O Cormac, grandson of Conn,” asked Caibre,“What is lasting in the world?”“Not hard to answer,” said Cormac,“Grass, bronze, yew wood. That is all.” ~From The Counsels of Cormac Botanical name: Taxus baccataFamily: TaxaceaeOgham: EdadScots…
Movie Review: The Divergent Series
The Divergent Trilogy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/) is a set of dystopian fiction films, based upon the novels by Veronica Roth. I am not usually one for dystopian films, finding them to be a bit predictable and/or depressing.…
The Evolving Portrayal of Women in Disney
In some of the first Disney movies – such as Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty – women were used to seeing themselves portrayed as damsels in distress, with weak or absent fathers and evil…
Roots: Insights from the Tree Alphabet of Old Ireland: Aspen
M 'airiuclán hi Tuaim Inbirni lántechdais bes sestucona retglannaib a réir Gobban durigni insinconecestar duib astoirmu chridecan dia du nimis hé tugatoir rodtoig. Tech inna fera flechodmaigen na áigder rindisoilsidir bid hi lugburtose cen…
F&F Festive Fandoms, 2020-2021 Winter Issue
"Winter forms our character and brings out our best." – Tom Allen This very issue entitled “Festive Fandoms” is only now getting out for mid-winter, even though it had originally been planned to be released for…
True Love: Classic Disney vs. Studio Ghibli
I’m just going to come out and say it… I think that, on the whole, Ghibli Studios has a better understanding of true love than classic Disney. Most of the classic Disney movies have this…
Deep Space Analysis: A Review of “Court Martial”
'Court Martial' is the title of episode number twenty (of season number one) of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series. It was first aired on the second of February in 1967.…
The Jungle Book: A Fond Reunion
Mowgli had lived in Mahajat – or the ‘man village’ as his animal friends had always called it – for a little over five years. Adopted by the Chieftain and his family, he had soon…