by Michael Kingswood The humid air seemed to drag and flail, resisting being inhaled, as Patros made his way from his little cell in the trainees barracks and across the carefully-trimmed field of grass toward the testing ring. Five years he’d been here, at the martial academy. Five years of running and jumping and study…
Month: February 2023
Deceit
by Liberta1787 Gandalf warned King Theoden, “To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.” We have had crooked eyes most of our lives, having been carefully trained to see what is in front of us in the physical world, rather than seeing what is behind it, leaking through, from the spiritual world. What –…
How to Survive an Internet Attack
How to Survive an SJW Internet Attack by CactusEaterBear I have survived both a real-life SJW attack as well as an internet attack from a Minor Internet Celebrity (a MIC). The internet attack was mild compared to the real-life SJW attack I experienced at work several years ago. Gut-wrenching, cookie-tossing fear and disbelief consumed me…
Finding Bobby Jenkins
by Michael Kingswood Pan blew away steam that was rising from his coffee mug, then lowered his nose over it to catch the fragrance without getting his nostrils scalded. Deep, dark, and thick said his scent neurons to the rest of him, and he smiled slightly in approval. What was it his first captain said? …
Santa Fe Station
by Michael Kingswood Though she’d been living in San Diego for ten years and had lived less than two miles away from it for most of that time, Kim hardly ever came out to Balboa Park. But every time she did, she left asking herself why she didn’t come more often. The entire city was…
The Female Equivalent of Pornography Addiction
by ArtGainz Hello! This is ArtGainz. The other day an advertisement appeared at the top of my YouTube feed that looked like this: “When girls get an education, they are more likely to have financial independence.” My reaction to this advertisement, or at least the title (I did not actually click on it), was probably…
Terran New Year
by Michael Kingsworth Why on God’s green Earth did the New Year always have to fall on the exact date and time that Terra had set for it, centuries ago? It would have been one thing if Persephone’s orbital revolution and rotation had matched Terra’s. But it didn’t. One day on Persephone was 1.0498576 Earth…
God’s Dependable Word
by Frank Luke Sermon Introduction: When we read the Bible, we must do so with eyes of faith. What God considers to be important often differs from what we consider to be most important. For example, in the eyes of politicians and historians, King Omri of the northern kingdom deserves more than the eight verses…