A Deer and I Surprised Each Other
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Silence
We paused
We looked
She leaped
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Ginny’s Cookie Jar Part 5: The Progressive Proposal
Lillian stood frozen. She looked at the man who had been her friend since the “earth’s crust was forming”—the man who had spent the last three hours watching her heart rate more closely than the appetizers.
Read MoreYour Heart as a Tabernacle
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The heart is a tabernacle upon the Altar
Within it reposes our hopes and dreams
Mr. Smith and Washington
By Amanda Pizzolatto … Before Frank Capra could open “The Greatest Gift”, he would journey with “The Man from Montana”. Before staying in Bedford Falls, there was a trip to Washington D.C. Before there was George Bailey, there was Jefferson Smith.
Read MoreYou Have To Work
The issue with artists is that in order to be decent as an artist, you have to actually sit down at the drawing board and work. You don’t get good by accident.
By Ian Wilson
Who Is My Favorite Hero?
Do you now, or have you ever…
Worked double shifts or double jobs to pay the bills
Read to your children instead of yelling at them
Had to jump-start your car in the pre-dawn cold…
Surgical Dreams
Under anesthesia,
there’s no REM sleep.
Yet, what’s recalled sure does loom large…
By William S. Kilgore
We’ve Created A Monster
Since it appeared, I’ve found that people had two reactions to AI, ranging from apathy to utter disgust, but then there’s a third reaction I didn’t expect: raging enthusiasm. Yes, friends, there are people who actually want AI to succeed and to destroy human artists…
By Ian Wilson
Spring 2026: The Marriage Bed
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on The Marriage Bed. We’ve worked hard to keep this adult topic clean and modest, but use your judgement to know if this is the right issue for you or if you should peruse another one of our issues instead.
Read MoreThe Angelus
By Mary M. Isaacs … Alison finished her preparations for dinner, keeping one eye on the clock. She had managed to remain calm all morning as she cleaned the house, prepared for dinner, and packed a small bag to take to her cousin’s house. But now it was almost noon…. She stopped everything she was doing while watching the minute hand move forward slowly. Fear and apprehension flooded through her as the hour approached.
Read MoreIt’s Not Just For Kids
In certain sectors of the culture, there’s a disrespect for the fantasy genre, claiming that it’s “just for kids”. Basically saying that adults who read fantasy stories need to “grow up”. Calling us “silly” or patronizing us like children…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday: John Henry Newman
For Saint John Henry Newman, cor ad cor communication is not an emotional sentiment but an objective reality grounded in his own experiences of conversion and the ascendency of a correctly formed conscience…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Patrons of Nature
When anyone asks about the patron saint of nature, everyone’s first thought is of Francis of Assisi. Rightly so, he is the most famous saint associated with nature…
By Amanda Pizzolatto
You Will Not Be Famous
If you’re a writer with aspiration for fame, fortune or at least middle-class income, I’ve got bad news for you: in all likelihood, you’re not going to get any of that…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday – John Wycliffe
It seems in all his works, Wycliffe was sincere rather than calculated, earnestly desiring reform…
By Sarah Levesque Losordo
Legend: A Boethian Analysis, Part 3
Boethius would see, however, Darkness as a maximal expression of evil as a privation, a power-hungry tyrant whose perverted will has chained him to his own wickedness:…
By Anthony Cirilla
Ginny’s Cookie Jar Part 4: Light and Love on Amber Lake
Bob turned toward me, the “Super Bob” mask completely gone. Slowly, he reached across the space between us. His hand was warm and calloused, and he let it rest over mine…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
Life Expectancy: A Review
The story is told from the perspective of James “Jimmy” Tock, pastry chef, the only son of a pastry chef (or is he?) in scenic Snow Village, Colorado. He was born on a stormy night in Snow County hospital, the very same evening that his grandfather, Josef Tock, is expiring from a stroke…
By Ian Wilson
On Having Standards
I’m very particular about what media I consume. There’s certain music I don’t listen to, certain movies and TV I don’t watch, and certain books I don’t read…
By Ian Wilson
Legend: A Boethian Analysis (Part 2)
Having equipped himself with a breastplate of righteousness, a sword of the spirit, and a shield of faith, Jack quite literally must go face the ruler of the darkness of his world…
By Anthony Cirilla
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