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Lauren Woodrell5 min read

Poems for the New Year: A Season of Faith, Wonder, and Renewal

Discover meaningful poems for the New Year that inspire hope, faith, and renewal. Reflect on new beginnings through timeless poetry and Scripture.
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Lauren Woodrell3 min read

Les Misérables and the Advent of Transformative Love

Discover how Les Misérables reveals transformative love: sacrificial, redemptive, and incarnational, echoing God’s mercy in every season.
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Lauren Woodrell3 min read

Little Women, Big Joy: Gaudete Sunday with the March Sisters

Discover how the March sisters in Little Women show that true happiness comes from selfless giving, spreading big joy all around.
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Lauren Woodrell3 min read

The Power of Faith: Lessons from Mary and Orual

Explore the power of faith through C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces and Mary’s fiat. Discover how trust and surrender illuminate the path even in silence.
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Lauren Woodrell3 min read

Finding Hope: A Star in Mordor and the Light Beyond Despair

Finding hope in Tolkien’s Return of the King: discovering light in darkness and trust in God’s faithfulness that no shadow can touch.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Sloth

The deadly sin of sloth is evident in literature, revealing its spiritual peril through characters consumed by apathy, indifference, and wasted potential.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Lust

Beyond the 21st century, both ancient and modern literature gives examples of the lust in literature with consequences that are still possible today.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Anger

The Catechism defines the sin of anger as a desire for revenge. Here we disect three examples of anger and its repercussions in literature.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: The Sin of Pride

The deadly sin of Pride is known as the first sin, however, literature tells of more of the dimensions sin of pride. Here are three examples.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Envy

The sin of envy usually comes from the belief that you have been treated unfairly. Literature shows readers how envy can grow and consume its victims.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Gluttony

The deadly sin of gluttony, is an excess intake of food, alcohol, or drugs, preventing one from reaching higher levels of meaning and purpose.
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8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Greed

In the 8 Deadly Sins, the sin of greed is the excessive desire for material possessions/wealth but what are some literary examples?
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