But the Magi Did Arrive
We can’t be sure when the Magi arrivedOr where But if they hadn’t arrived at allThey still would have arrived because they beganEven if their bones in the desert disappeared We can’t be sure of…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Stupid Mask; Stupid, Stupid Mask
The stupid mask I wore, the stupid maskTo Mass this morning, stupid mask, it stankOf chemicals, stupid mask, and fogged my glassesI felt stupid wearing that stupid mask (You look stupid anyway, old man) The…
A Good Idea Gone Bad
The poem critiques the theory of literature in Plato’s Republic. If fair Philosophy could be the kingand Poets only truth and goodness sing,that, Plato thought, would be the ideal state.So, Homer’s gone. His gods do…
Sunday Morning Tornado Watch
This is the only thing normal today:A tornado watch on a Sunday in springI have shifted those famous Loose ObjectsInto secure areas as best I could Too bad we can’t shift the virus aboutStuff it…
Andy Taylor’s Halloween: An Andy Griffith Show Story
As the Taylor Family sat around their small homey dinner table one evening, wolfing down a hardy spaghetti dinner cooked by the one and only Aunt Bee, young Opie suddenly set aside his fork and…
Sanad: The Importance of the Prophets in Islamic Tradition
The old French word for ‘tradition’ is tradicion which directly translates to transmission. Scholars of Islamic traditions have stated that in fact, the secret of Islam within the Muhammadan community lies in the chain of…
Exaltation
We Christians are condemned Ever to be crucified. It is our binding and our breaking. It is our only hope and home. It is our only exaltation. There, upon the tree, We must be mocked…
If You Really Need to Remake: Stories Worthy of the Effort
With all the remakes and reboots we’ve been getting lately of well-known and beloved classics, I figured it was time to look up some lesser-known or not so well done movies that should get remade.…
The Theory and Practice of Summer
Summer is better in theory than in practice:Watermelon days barefootin’ in the shadePole-fishing for perch in the neighbor’s pondOak-tree afternoons lost in a library book Oh, no Up before dawn to get the milk cows…
The Problem of Pain in a Time of Pandemic
With the rapid spread of Covid-19 shutting down a good chunk of world affairs and affecting the lives of people around the globe, the topic of God and his role in “natural evil” comes back…