On Beauty and Love: The Qualities Central to the Christian Experience
I had a wonderful childhood with parents who loved me. Sometime when I was a young teenager, I became aware of beauty: the sea, green pine trees rising up into a blue sky at the…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Of Local Importance: A Movie Review of “The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain”
Year: 1995 Filming: Color Length: 120 minutes Genre: Comedy/Drama/Inspirational/Romance Maturity: PG (for mild language and brief sexual innuendos) Cast: Hugh Grant (Reginald Ansen), Tara Fitzgerald (Betty), Colm Meaney (Morgan the Goat), Kenneth Griffith (Rev. Jones),…
Death and the Lion: A Crossover Serial – Chapter 9: Scripio’s Gang
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 31845 Rating: PG for scary situations Summary: Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, is used to being alone, until one day a girl with auburn hair waltzes…
A Little Dancer: Edgar Degas and His Controversial Work of Art
Once upon a time, there was an artist named Edgar Degas. Degas lived in a tumultuous day; his homeland, France, was enduring wave after wave of unrest, rebellion and strife. New faces and names were appearing all…
Warrior, Rose, Judge & Light: A Chronicles of Narnia Poem
~ by Hannah Skipper Peter is the Warrior. He is always ready to defend his kingdom. He is always ready to protect his family. He is always ready to stand up for the Lion. He…
Look Closer: Catholicity in the Entertainment Industry
~ by Oliver J. Olinger I’ve heard many a Catholic complain throughout the years that there are too few options in the realm of entertainment toward which a devout, religious man or woman can turn…
Vale of Tears: A Song of the Elves
You graced my brows with gleaming light And sent me forth into the night A lantern swinging in my hand I faced a sea of windswept land A glitter, glimmer Moth of white Unto a…
A Slytherin Situation: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 4
Harry Potter and Harry Snape returned to the Slytherin common room in Hogwarts, and Potter spent the next few days at Hogwarts. It was particularly difficult for him to interact with the people he had…
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 1
I don’t understand. That was the only coherent thought I could grasp amid the tumult swirling in my mind. Seized with foreboding intuition, I knew that this was going to be a night unlike any…