A Trout Supper: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 513 Rating: G Summary: Frodo's aunt and uncle try to help him get over his fear of the Brandywine River. Brandywine looked peaceful in the spring sunlight but…
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Inspiring faith and creativity & exploring the arts through a spiritual lens
The Hajj: My Reflections and Revelations
It’s been eleven long, interminable years since I traversed land and sea, crossed oceans and sand dunes, and embarked upon the most sacred journey a Muslim can possibly make: the Hajj (pilgrimage to…
Rite of the Hermit
By Robin Fennelly Word Count: 72 Rating: G Summary: A nightly ritual for a hermit. The Lady holds Her mystery in Silent waiting orb. Her milky white lantern Hidden in the darkness Of velvet ebony…
Visitors From the Lonely Mountain: A Hobbit Story
By Vanessa Perry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 872 Rating: G Summary: Elrond and Celebrian welcome dwarves to Rivendell, somewhat begrudgingly on Elrond's part. Damn!" Elrond glared at the comb in his hand, then doggedly wielded…
Listen to the Feminine: Women in Islamic Spirituality
It has always seemed presumptuous, even somewhat preposterous, to me for men to pontificate in an authoritarian manner about the role of women in Islam as if the feminine principle is something which needs to…
A Present for all the Frodo Healers: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 2266 Rating: G Summary: In an old hobbit tradition of giving presents on one's birthday ... a present for all the Frodo Healers, from Elwen. Disclaimer. I…
Can Piety and Creativity Co-Exist?: An Islamic Perspective
Humans have a great capacity for creativity and manifest their creative capacities in a myriad of ways. Simultaneously, religion enjoins us to be pious. Does religion stifle creativity by codifying personal and societal rules and,…
Laden with Fruit and Always Green
I step through the wood of my soul, hushed by the breathless winter pre-dawn, gray as geese wings, touched by the softest whisper of a star’s light, shining unseen beyond the snow clouds. Is it…
If in a Desert
By Mack Hall Word Count: 80 Rating: G Summary: This world is like a desert, we must find our roses. If in a desert live we, still, we live And our recusant duty is to…