I Am Walking: A Harry Potter Story
Author’s Note: Just a clarification: in spite of what this story may suggest, I like Dumbledore, and I have always been fascinated by the relationship between him and Snape. This is just my interpretation of…
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Jesus of Nazareth: Easter Classic Is Still Better Than Creepy Robots
First released in time for Easter back in 1977, Franco Zeffirelli’s epic miniseries Jesus of Nazareth was a staple of American television for years. As soon as Cadbury Creme Eggs hit the store, Jesus of…
Easter Vigil, Sort Of
A vigil, no, simply quiet reflection Minutes before midnight, with all asleep Little Liesl-Dog perhaps dreams of squirrels, For she has chased and barked them all the day; The kittens are disposed with their mother…
All Things New: A Passiontide Reflection
Let us who are blind feel your face, the true Green Man, carved in the wood. But the green that you gave to the springtime, the green that you gave to the turning…
Spy Wednesday
We feel it once again approach, the annual reminder,... the telling of the true tale; of the betrayal of love, of light, of God that exists not just then but always; an option in each…
O What Can Ail Thee?: A Harry Potter Story
Voldemort had seized control of Hogwarts. Severus Snape had been made headmaster. The Carrows had been installed on the school grounds. Tortures were being carried out daily. Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley had fled to…
The Start of Russia’s Long Lent: An Appreciation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Red Wheel”
With this year marking the centennial of the Russian Revolution, Lent serves as a good time to ponder the strange course history took in 1917. If Lent is a time of suffering, sacrifice, and readying…
Shake On It: A Harry Potter Story
“No.” “Harry, my boy…” “No, Headmaster.” The young man’s voice was firm. Albus Dumbledore sighed. “Harry, you need…” “Don’t you dare, don’t you dare tell me what I need,” Harry suddenly hissed, his voice soft…
Song of Exiles: A Reflection on the New York City Draft Riots of 1863
Hear, O Africa, cradle of humanity’s first dreaming, the cry of your oppressed children rises high above the ocean’s crest. Hear the whip crack, splitting the skin baked brown in your fire-stoked…
Happiness and Resolution: Lent as a Reset Button
Have you had anyone wish you a “Happy Lent?” It seems odd, because Lent is not commonly viewed as a happy time. It is that liturgical season during which we Catholics fast, abstain…