Where the Alter is Not, In a Time of Locked Churches
Where the Altar is not, it still must beBeneath the sacred dust of Walsingham Where the Altar is not, it still must beHeart-hidden, even if we have forgotten Where the Altar is not, it still…
Author: Fellowship & Fairydust
Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
Journeying In a Time of Isolation
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has somewhat changed our perception of ‘normal.’ I’ve been in lockdown with my family since February, which then stretched into medically recommended self isolation once lockdown…
Sequestered Jewel: A Visit to the Blue Ridge Parkway
“It’s the American Swabia!” Every fall, thousands of tourists extoll the multi-tinted beauties of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the sweeping, variegated vistas offered from the summit of tragic Mt Mitchell, that famous highest peak…
A Meeting in the Marketplace
The heavy spring rains had finally let up and the sun was shining brightly in the eastern sky. Before my dear Jesse left to meet with the other town leaders, he anxiously surveyed the progress…
Edmund’s Painting: A Chronicles of Narnia Story
With murmurs of great excitement from his siblings, Peter pushed aside the door of a large above-ground compound and the four children filed inside. Silently wandering through the labyrinth of hallways, they gazed with great…
A Rainy Day and Locked Down Anyway
No excuses, of course: we must get dressedIf death itself appears at the front doorWe would not want to be caught in our ‘jammiesOr in surrender flaked upon the couch We will wake up to…
Heroes of the Celts: Cu Chulainn and Fionn Mac Cumhaill
The Celts were a group of people who lived across a great deal of Europe during the early middle ages. They were a pretty self-sufficient group who had their own pantheon of gods and great…
God’s Good Chaos: A Reflection on the Problem of Evil
The problem of Evil is one of most staggering dilemmas for the human mind. If we define it as such, then we acknowledge a spiritual component, and yet if we do that, we also acknowledge…
Dominicans: A Short History of the “Dogs of God”
The month of August in the Catholic Church is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which makes it perfect for the biggest names in the Dominican order to have feast days in this month.…
Ark Book VII: Matrilinium – Story One: Welcome
It’s been said the first person on Earth who will live to be 150 years old has already been born. It’s also been said, the way we are fouling the Earth, we may have just…