Again, I Say
In Their Mother’s Arms is a post-apocalyptic dystopia set on two islands: OPS, the false utopia island, and D’nalreven, the island where outcast children have made a home. OPS is […]
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Author: Donald Catchings
Donald W. Catchings, Jr. is co-founder of publishing company, Inkwell and Pen, LLC. Also, Donald holds a Master of Arts in Apologetics from Houston Baptist University. Donald regularly contributes to An Unexpected Journal and has numerous published works, including Joy Through a Wardrobe — a poetic companion to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Stained-glass Man
I Once upon a time, there was a Stained-glass Man Who held a glass world in the palm of his hand. Day in and day out, the Man caught […]
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Excerpt from Strength in Weakness: Myth Reimagined
Epigraph Theseus, Great and Mighty! Can you hear it in your sleep? As you rest in foolish pride, the wise and truthful weep. Listen to the sound, their accorded […]
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He Will Rise
Myriad comic series, television shows, movies, action figures, and other various capitalistic ventures have grossed billions on the back of the Caped Crusader. It seems nearly impossible to step into […]
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The Dream of the Crown
‘Dream of the Crown’ is a poem that pays homage not only to the Christ who suffered the crown of thorns or the crown itself but medieval dream poetry. Specifically, […]
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Chronological Snobbery: In Reply to Contemporary Petrarchs
These are questions that must be asked, Questions of great importance: Can Renaissance or Reformation Have roots soiled in darkness? What if I inquired about Alighieri or Aquinas: Would […]
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A Heavenly Guide: Lewis’s ‘Teacher’ in The Great Divorce
From the Grey Town below of eternal self-vision, A despairing, hollow place, To the Bright Lands above of expedition, At a slow, infernal pace. Every step taken leads further up, […]
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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
In late summer 2021, as a sort of final “hoorah!” before holiday ended and the term began again, I whisked my family off on a three-day vacation to San Antonio, […]
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Violence of Fire
The night was dark and still: starless, moonless, windless. If not for the groans of the shifting planks and the light smack of oars against sea, there would be no […]
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Desolation
For over a decade I have been an educator in one fashion or another. My teaching has ranged from Biblical Studies to Theology, History, English, Philosophy, and even a bit […]
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