The Magic of the Christmas Spirit
It’s that time of year again when the lights go on the house, the tree is put up, and people are hurrying to and fro trying to find that perfect present. Some enjoy the gift-giving,…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
A Tree For Mary: An Islamic Nativity Reflection
The Bible and the Qur’an describe the birth of Jesus with different details, and to find the story of a blessed tree associated with Jesus’ birth, one must look to the Qur’an. First, the annunciation…
A Winter’s Tale
~ by Nick O’Connor Long ago, at the dawn of time itself, when everything was new, all of the animals were trying out different types of food – the deer found that they liked tree…
Pope Francis and the Creed
Pope Francis, the first of his name, was sitting on his gleaming, beaming chair and thinking of how to use his newfound fame, wondering just how to make the world more fair. He sat while he rapped and…
Being Thankful: A Christmas at Home
[For Simon Roper and Suzanne Ford, for their support]. This is my house; our house. You see the guitar, thrown down on the arm-chair? We have that guitar because my mum bought it for my…
A Holiday Tale
My daughter Tana saw a wind-up critter that she wanted for Christmas. To me, it looked like a ferret, but the box said, ‘weasel.’ Tom (my husband) thought it just looked like a tail with…
Advent Reed
Our Blessed Lady is meek, but in a way that inherits the earth; a humility that is exalted, a simplicity that reigns,like the gleam of star over seaand the lullaby over a child. Our Blessed…
Disney Haikus
~ by Hannah Skipper Frozen: Kingdom Arendelle,Bound in enteral winter.Sisters’ love saves it. Tangled: Long hair girl, stolen.Exiled in a tower.She needs a haircut. 101 Dalmations: The puppies are gone.One hundred and one puppies.Cruella Deville.…
Last of the Homely House
~ by Vanessa Parry-Elwen A gentle breeze brushed the hilltop, combing the ruins. In truth, it was hardly a hill and not much of a ruin, but it was the highest point of what…
Movie Review of the Snow Queen, 2002
The 2002 film production of the Snow Queen, starring Bridget Fonda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Queen_(2002_film)), has to be my all-time favourite version of this classic tale. Technically, this film is more of a mini-series – broken into two…