Dazzling With an Excess of Truth: Finding God In the Abstract
Schopenhauer writes somewhere in The World as Will and Representation that music ought not to represent. It is many years ago that I read this and I do not intend looking it up even if…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Christ Our Light
The church is silent, dark and still, With emptiness that’s soon to fill. The altar is graced with lilies white, A pure and most refreshing sight. – The time has come; we turn to see…
The Golden Destiny
One day, as a determined youth traversed the Attic countryside, a rustle in a nearby bush caught his attention for a moment. Submitting to pricking curiosity, he discovered a white dove trapped in…
Daniel Boone: A Fan’s Review of a Classic TV Series
A few years ago, if you had walked into our living room on any given weekday morning, your attention would’ve been drawn to the old television screen by one of seven differing versions of a…
Thunderstorm
Distant thunder echoes off the hills; My heart with trepidation fills As darkness creeps across the sun, Announcing that the storm’s begun. – The clouds advance with frightening speed, Their pent-up fury finally freed. They…
The Proof of Love
You don’t have to be anything to me Except yourself Nor prove your worth to me Except through your own presence You don’t have to rattle, ramble, or rush Through a thousand thoughts Deep and…
How We Begin: The Story of Felix and Adauctus, Martyrs
Around the year 303 AD, under the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian, the Christian priest Felix was captured and ordered to offer incense to idols of Romans gods. The statues fell shattered at his…
Middle-Earth Factoids
I don’t know about you, but I’ve read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion more often than is probably healthy. The frequency of my readings, however, pointed out some rather interesting facts that you might not…
Enchantment: The Spell of Secondary Worlds
In his essay “On Fairy-Stories,” J.R.R. Tolkien discusses “a special skill, a kind of elvish craft” that is necessary to make a Fantasy world believable. He later calls this craft “Enchantment.” If you look up…
