Advent Book
By Jeremy Silvernail Page 1Advent Week 3 Mary bounced with the donkey’s stride, She sighed as she looked at her belly - so wide! She was proud she was going to be a mommy, But…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
What Maid is This
By Amanda Pizzolatto What Maid is this, so gentle and mild, Upon whom God is constantly smiling? And to whom is sent, a questioning announcement, To see if she would be willing. This, this…
The Toy Store
By Hannah Skipper The big Teddy Bear sat on the top shelf like a king. His caramel brown fur was fluffed to perfection and a splendid red bow was tied around his neck. Everything was dark…
Prepare for the King
By Amanda Pizzolatto It began with a prophecy uttered long ago Bringing hope to a people that fell from grace That the Son of God would come to Earth And not only show us…
The Power of Prayer for the Living and the Dead
A lot can be said about the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy. For those who aren’t familiar with the list, they are as follows: instructing the ignorant, counselling the doubtful, admonishing the sinners, bearing wrongs…
The Ekron Initiative: Thanks and Reflections
Click here to read the previous section of the Ekron Initiative. When the first installment of The Ekron Initiative appeared, I was unsure what kind of responses I would get. One friend liked it. Another friend…
The Ekron Initiative: Memo 20
Part of an ongoing web serial perhaps inspired by The Screwtape Letters. Unless otherwise noted, “the Ex-CEO” refers to God, “the opposition” to the side of the angels, and so on. Read the previous…
Two Andaluses
Those departers as clouds and crescents Have left the windows of the homes orphaned. They have left, and the void has never found solace, The mountains have stopped giving birth to hyacinths. They…
Death as the Most Poetical Topic in “The Raven”
Edgar Allan Poe is not only one of the best American writers, having pleasure in concerning mysterious, sad and scary, almost horror topics in his literary works. Moreover, he was also a critic and theoretician,…
Some Definite Service: A Book Review of “There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey”
Book Reviewed: There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey by Fr. Dwight Longenecker. This "somewhat religious odyssey" begins with an appropriate and well-loved quote from St. John Henry Newman: “God has created me to…