He’s Not A Monster
I will start by saying the Beast is not a monster; the Beast is you and I…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday – St. Bilfrid of Lindisfarne
Venerated for his personal holiness and artistic devotion to the church, St. Bilfrid of Lindisfarne was a man of great dedication and talent. He was a man that those of us who engage in artistic endeavors can emulate…
By Lyn Wilson
Faithful Friday: Herculanus of Perugia
By Lyn Wilson … St. Herculanus, whose feast days are both November 7 and March 1, is Patron Saint of Perugia, Italy. His life story is a fact decorated by a bit of fantasy. He was said to have been sent to Perugia from Syria to evangelize sometime in the earlier half of the 6th century.
Read MoreAbout a Question Pontius Pilate Asks of Himself
The epistemology of epistemology
Folds back on itself with a supplemental twist…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
He’s Not The Hero You Think He Is
I’m gonna come right out and say it: no, Gaston is not the hero of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and making him into one misunderstands the plot and cheapens true masculinity…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday – Emily Malbone Morgan
From childhood she was interested in caring for the poor – one of her brothers related in a letter how she wanted to change a dollar for pennies to give to beggars. She also trained herself to avoid the luxurious living of her family – once at the age of twelve she slept on a marble seat as a self-imposed penance for thinking too much about her comfortable hotel bed…
By Sarah Losordo
The Greatest Kids Media- Undoing the Dopamine Hits
It’s a tall order to make a list of the greatest Kids TV. We’ve had kids-specific television since the 1950s, after all, and it’s hard to narrow such a large span of time down to a few paragraphs…
– By T.K. Wilson
It is NOT Useless!
Fiction, you see, is not entirely “fake”. It deals with truth through a narrative format. It is the most effective, most subversive form of propaganda…
– By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday – St. Wulfric of Haselbury
From his cell, Wulfric dispensed wisdom and healing to all who came to him. He lived a simple life of penance and fasting to atone for his previous life of self-indulgence, and even influenced the court of the king.
Read MoreA Boyhood Friend Goes Down To The River
They listened to the waters and the winds
One more lesson from the river, the eternal flow
Faithful Friday – Absalom Jones
As the first pastor and founding member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reverend Jones held an important position in the history of the Church in America…
By Ian Wilson
Maybe Winter is Tired
The paling sun drops coldly in the west –
False spring in its own turn now takes a rest
No, It Wasn’t The Medications
We did meet again, and we did smile
And so, just so, we all will meet again…
By Lawrence Hall
Winter 2026: Holy Matrimony
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on Holy Matrimony, the original building block of society! We’ve got poetry, a new contributor to Controversy Corner, articles about preparing for marriage and fictional marriages, and more!
Read MorePale Shadows and Seasons
Pale shadows and seasons and leaves drift by
The slanting sun of February falls…
By Lawrence Hall
A Rotor-Tiller and the Feast of the Presentation
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Names have not been restored, as Aslan says / Some are pleased to call this Ground-Hog Day / Although there are no ground hogs here / But the Presentation is everywhere and forever
Read MoreFaithful Friday – King Ine of Wessex
Saint King Ine, and his wife, Saint Ethelburga of Kent were both devoutly religious people, supporting the church and the poor with their own money…
By Lyn Wilson
Faithful Friday: Mother Marianne Cope
By Sarah Losardo … In 1883, Mother Marianne received a letter from the Sandwich Islands – now known as Hawaii – begging for someone to take charge of their hospitals and schools. Along with six other sisters, Mother Marianne set out halfway around the world, primarily to care for those with leprosy (now called Hansen’s Disease).
Read MoreThe Pot Watched
We both stared in horror as the black goo moved and changed, growing larger, crawling out of the pot and falling in a heap onto the floor. Eyes began to blink out of the goo, staring at us, full of mindless hate…
By Ian Wilson
Faithful Friday: Christopher Tolkien
Christopher was born November 21, 1924 in Leeds to Edith and John Tolkien. From a young age, the boy had an aptitude for remembering the complexities of his father’s work, once stopping storytime (where The Hobbit was being read aloud) to correct his father on a few minor points…
By T.K. Wilson
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