Room for reflection

A place for me to share general musings and reflections on Christian themes. On the top right you can access the blog page and about page for further info.

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  • A Vow Tested: A short story part 6

    Chapter 6 The rest of the journey to Ninidom was smooth and they arrived without further delay or incident. However upon entry, they found the mayor had decreed the city to fast and pray in sackcloth and ashes for three days by demand of a vagabond prophet who claimed for certain shameless sins they were Read more

  • A vow tested: a short story part 5

    Chapter Five They entered the secret passageway and heard a click as they did so. They had triggered a foot plate inside that closed the bookcase behind them. Fortuntaly, as they discovered, there was a switch on the wall that would reopen it. They went down the stairs, headed  underground, guided by the torchlight through Read more

  • A Vow Tested: A short story part 4

    Chapter Four Upon entrance of the Glorious Chub it could be noted the interior did not match up to the attractive quality of the exterior, quite the opposite in fact. The seats were worn with scruffy cushions, the tables were shabby, dirty, and sticky, the carpet was blotchy with an assortment of congealed stains seeming Read more

  • A Vow Tested: short story part 3

    Chapter 3 The rain had subsided. She was sitting on the stone wall of the bridge that went across a coursing river, with cover of a garden umbrella for the drizzle that sill persevered after the downpour abated, brushing her magnificent curls. She was clad in slinky (sorceress) robes with a satin shine, true to Read more

  • A Vow Tested: A short story part 2

    Chapter Two ‘So the turn we have to take is three miles from the path straight from the crossroads,’ said Gamallio as they went, ‘we have to be able to figure out when we are at the crossroads then, and not just walk straight and miss it, so we can estimate three miles from that Read more

  • A Vow Tested: A Short Story (Part One)

    A Vow Tested A sarabaite was a type of monk that often lived in pairs or trios, sometimes continuing in the ascetic tradition, acknowledging no monastic superior, sometimes dwelling in or near cities, but not always. In a war abused world, weapons of destruction have wreaked carnage and much of the once thriving earth lies Read more