A Winter Soul
Winter fills my soul with joy,as the leaves fall and the temperature drops.The brisk mornings and frost laced windows,lasting longer each day, before they fade.Puddles turn to ice with a mirror shine,tempting to be broken…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
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Mary, Did You Know?: A Catholic Theological Reflection
I used to dislike the song "Mary, Did You Know?", as a lot of Catholics tend to, taking it rather literally, and there are still a few points of theology I might quibble over. But…
Climbing Snow Bridge Mountain
We're heading for the snow!Good riddance to those grown up ghouls!We're leaving! Yukon Ho!”-Bill Watterson“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels” - Unknown As Father Ignatius Xavier got out his…
Cold Winter’s Day
The snowfellwithout mercy,but so much gracethat I could not help but stareout my window;the sun shone deceptively brightas the cold seared through myboneswhen I got my mail—I wondered what it was like for theforest animals;were…
Winter’s Fae
Crystals of lightdancedupon the snow;faerie glitterfor the Winter fae,and I felt the sharpnessof his blue eyesas crows danced all around me;but when I turnedhe was neverthere—I wonder if Winter's fae meant to surprise me,to catch…
Isolated from the Book Shop for Four Months (But maybe not much longer…)
A Barnes & Noble is a happy placeWhere my book budget goes to lose itselfIn the poetry section first, and thenTo the music by way of the magazines A Barnes & Noble is that happy…
Italian-American Leadership in the Time of Covid 19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused much disruption and suffering throughout the world. In a little over two months, our individual lives and wider society have changed in unimaginable ways. We’ve seen the cancellation and…
A Theology of Gender: Julian of Norwich and the Image of God
Gender is a big topic in general, and there has been lots of discussion about how we should approach it from a Christian perspective. You can’t separate two things which weren’t already joined. As a…
Morality vs the Written Word
A while back a question was asked in one of my writing groups and, as it’s not the first time I’ve seen a question of this nature when thumbing through the posts, I decided it…