A Deer and I Surprised Each Other

July 28, 2026.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Silence
We paused
We looked
She leaped

Ginny’s Cookie Jar Part 5: The Progressive Proposal

July 23, 2026.Reading time 16 minutes.

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.

Your Heart as a Tabernacle

July 21, 2026.Reading time 10 minutes.

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

July 18, 2026.Reading time 4 minutes.

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.

You Have To Work

July 16, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

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

The Angelus

June 16, 2026.Reading time 19 minutes.

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.

12 Rules For Writing Adventure Stories

May 12, 2026.Reading time 11 minutes.

Well, here are my 12 rules for writing adventure stories. Feel free to follow, or discard them at your own convenience, whatever fits your writing style…
By Ian Wilson

Why Camelot?

May 5, 2026.Reading time 3 minutes.

All English kings have tried to claim some legitimate connection to him, by blood or by some other means. But what made me, personally, choose to write about Camelot?
By Ian Wilson

Day of St. Patrick

March 17, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

By Amanda Pizzolatto … For history and myth make up the structure / Of a people strong, brave, and true

He’s Not A Monster

March 7, 2026.Reading time 5 minutes.

I will start by saying the Beast is not a monster; the Beast is you and I…
By Ian Wilson

He’s Not The Hero You Think He Is

February 28, 2026.Reading time 5 minutes.

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

A Rotor-Tiller and the Feast of the Presentation

February 3, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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

Merry Christmas! (It’s Not Over Yet)

December 27, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

When does Christmas end? It depends who you ask. The Christmas Octave brings us to January 1st. The 12 Days of Christmas take us up to Epiphany (January 6th). You could celebrate the 20ish days till the Baptism of the Lord, or the traditional 40 days until February 2nd – the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 11 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 3

December 27, 2025.Reading time 45 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … “I know you’re just a legend. / An echo of one that was. / Harbingella is just an evil woman. / Amy is more because / Harbingella doesn’t really live anymore…

Faithful Friday: St. John the Apostle

December 26, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

By Sarah Losardo … One of the sons of Zebedee – also known as the Sons of Thunder – John shows up in the Gospels as the “one who Jesus loved”, one of the ones who asked for a place at Jesus’ right and left hand, the one disciple who followed Jesus to the Cross, the only disciple not to be martyred, and the writer of a gospel, three letters, and the book of Revelation (or the Apocalypse). What else do we know about this apostle?

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 10 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 2

December 20, 2025.Reading time 28 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … “O’er the hills and through the pain, / Where I will be Witch-Queen again, / I command and this body obeys, / Over the hills and gone always!”

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 9 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 1

December 13, 2025.Reading time 30 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … Over the last chapters of this story, / We saw heroes and heroines in fantastic glory. / From Cyrus the Cyclone, to Bobby the Magician. / To William the Knight, and Amira the bless’d twin…

Faithful Friday: St. Justinian

December 5, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

By Lyn Wilson … Saint Justinian (or Stinan) of Ramsey was a 6th Century Monk from Breton who moved to Ramsey Island in Pembrokeshire in modern day Wales.

First Snow

December 2, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

By Sarah Losardo … Falling from grey skies / In big flakes, / Really coming down…

Having a Mature Relationship with Jesus in the Spiritual Life

November 18, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

By Stephen Steiniger … Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. As such, he is due special attention and praise. He is alone among human beings. As true God and man, Jesus exists as one of us, but something more. He is the source and summit of our life. He is our beginning and end.