The Ultimate Life-Giver
The deeper I fall into silence and feel the vast magnitude of the Source of All Silence from which creation flows, the spark of life, breath of my breath the soul of my soul, the…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Evil and Omnipotence: Is the Problem of Evil Fatal to Traditional Theism?
If there is a powerful, all-knowing, omnibenevolent God, why is there evil and suffering? In this essay, I will argue that, though the problem of evil is a challenge to traditional theism and will…
Waiting Room
A young man With a sparkling earring And clothes that reek Of sickening smoke, The kind that dulls All the senses And makes me choke – He’s tapping his foot, A jerking rhythm Of uneasiness…
Rehabilitating the Romantic Roundhead
I have an axe to grind - or more specifically, I have a 36" munitions quality Birmingham steel cavalry backsword. This "Poldark " thing is starting to really irritate me. The scarred, brooding,…
Simple Homespun: A Movie Review of "The Robe"
Year: 1953 Filming: Color Length: 135 minutes Genre: Biblical/Drama/ Inspirational/Religious Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements) Cast: Richard Burton (Marcellus Gallio), Jean Simmons (Diana), Victor Mature (Demetrius), Michael Rennie (Peter), Jay Robinson (Caligula), Torin Thatcher…
Was Tolkien a Heretic?: Defending Tolkien’s Catholic Orthodoxy from a "Cloak and Dagger" Priest
I have never trusted those who hide behind a cloak of anonymity. It seems to me that they do not have the courage of their convictions, or else that they have something to hide.…
Eve of May
Now that summer’s coming nearer, My blood does quicken in its pace And never has life, to me, seemed dearer. Ne’er have I felt my heart race – The way it does for hawthorn blooms…
A Thread in the Tangle: A Fantasy Author Crafts Legends
SUMMARY In a shattered realm where gods breathe and battle, sixteen-year-old Isiilde must find her feet among people who both despise and crave her kind. She trembles on a precipice, caught between the lust…
Hidden in the Winds of Loving
There is great joy in the hiddenness of loving and to feel the winds in the breathing of the soul - We do not fly through the power of wings but from the winds of…