Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
I was asked to discuss how four poets, from different countries, religions and times, might be linked together spiritually and how Muslims might benefit from reading them in a conversation with a conference organiser. The…
The climb used to seem dangerous to reach the correct tier of the waterfall, the best one for reading, especially reading Tolkien. Safe there from the rest of the world, ready to be absorbed into…
~ By Adeel Ahmed Author's note: The following is based on a true story about Thomas Dumas, the son of a black slave woman and a French noble father, thus making him of mixed racial…
I admit, I started reading His Dark Materials with a chip on my shoulder. One writer said Pullman was what “atheists would have been praying for, if atheists prayed.” He’s also been called the Anti-C.S.…
I first read and finished The Lord of the Rings in the summer of 1977. I remember feeling like someone had kicked me in the stomach. I remember feeling a depression wash over me, not…
There is a balance and difference within the world, sometimes subtle, sometimes extremely apparent. For instance, the sun and moon – both needed to light up the sky and illuminate creation, but seen at opposite…
Once upon a time, there lived a powerful, but cruel and ruthless king. While his subjects starved, he lived in plenty. The poorer his subjects were, the higher his taxes, and the richer he became.…
I sat on the thick woollen rugs that covered the planks of the Women’s Section with my legs folded under me. I still felt the pull in the back of my knees from climbing the…
“This is it, Ephraim. You take the lead,” the teacher, Roald, says, his voice echoing into the empty cavern. “The Moonstone is tucked away up ahead. Remember to be vigilant, though. We’ve already gone over…
It was the sunlight that woke me, or at least what passed for sunlight in Undercity. In reality, what had woken me was more like the sallow amber glow from the cast-iron gas streetlight that…
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