“Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” – Jessica Harrelson
As Christians, we mark spring with the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter – imitating Christ’s 40 days in the desert through fasting and prayer, and culminating with the remembrance of his passion, death and resurrection. In the following pages, you will find reflections and how it has impacted the Christian faithful of all denominations, both east and west, for over 2000 years.
In addition, we also have writers of other religious traditions offering a glimpse into their own spring festivals and commemorations, including the Jewish Passover, and the Pagan Beltane. In addition, we have added personal musings which reflect the universality of life, death, and rebirth. Such reflections have a heightened significance due the realities that many people have faced during the times in which we live.
We at Fellowship and Fairydust hope that as normality resumes, that you may find something in this issue which has meaning for our times and in your own life.
Avellina Balestri, Editor-in-Chief & Wesley Hutchins, Managing Editor
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Table of Contents
04. Editor’s Note – Avellina Balestri and Wesley Hutchins
05. On the Mountain Poems of Stonehouse – Beth Amos
07. Palm Sunday Well-Sanitized – Lawrence Hall
08. The Fox and the Lyre – Ron Drummond
09. Flower Face – Rachel Schmidt
10. Witness – Rebecca Godlove
12. What the Cock Saw on Friday Night – Hannah Skipper
14. Inspired by Arwen – Katie Cheshire and Sarah Navarre
16. A Death in Fantasyland – Warren Vale Herman
20. Change and Rest – Harry Moyse
23. The Observant One – Harriet Sams
24. Sunday Morning: An Easter Story – Emily Kopf
27. Celebrating Easter in a Pandemic – Bean Fearn
29. The Great Miracle – Nathan Stone
32. The Drama of Clay – Avellina Balestri
33. Faith, Fast, Feast, and Festival – T.J. Guile
38. Dance of the Soulmates – Uzair Parks
43. The Five Crosses – Ray E. Lipinski
49. Passover – Jeremy Kaufman
51. Springtime Gallows – Leah Fisher
52. Easter in Narnia and Middle Earth – Richard Keane
54. Creating Beauty: A Homemaker’s Mission – Mary Ellen Barrett
56. How the Symbol of Roman Cruelty Became the Symbol of God – Isfar Josef Skrinyar
57. Only the Power of Creation – Kat Clements
59. The Priest’s Passion – Father Gerard Hatton
62. Brother Lawrence and the Fourfold Cure – Sean Earner
69. The Traveling Troubadour’s Spring Collage
73. Easter Trivia – Byrnwiga
74. My British Literary Spring – Elizabeth Roper
78. Cemetery Story – Nazia Iftekhar
81. Life and Death – Byrnwiga
82. Spring Flowers – Hannah Semple & Awe – Katrina Harper
83. Forest Essence – Michael Kulp
84. The Sap is Rising – Kim Thompsett
85. Darkest Before Dawn – Amanda Pizzolatto
87. Within – Ana Lisa De Jong
88. Resurrection Power: Easter Reflection – Megan McKinstry
91. Ingredients – Arain Niwl
92. Cross and Resurrection – Christopher Altieri
95. Ecce Homo: The Manhood of Christ – Samuel Baker
98. Marantha Morning – Jenneth Glaser
99. The Lifespan of a Garden – Raquel Fantoni
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