“The heavens declare Your glory, and their expanse is the work of Your hands.” “Through Him all things were made, and apart from Him was made nothing that was made.” “He is … the firstfruits of all creation … In Him all things subsist.” “Then God said, 'Let Us make man, in Our image, after …
Author: Raina Nightingale
Raina Nightingale has been writing fantasy since she could write stories with the words she could read (the same time that she started devouring books, too). Now she writes “slice of life” and epic dawndark fantasy, for fiction lovers interested in rich world-building, characters who feel like real people, and religious experiences. Raina thinks giant balls floating in space can have the same magic that fairytales teach us to look for in oak trees and stars. However, she has a lot of universes and while not all of them have giant balls floating in space, most of them have dragons of one sort or another!
#WritingCommunityBlogAward
Hi! I'm doing an amazing number of Blog Posts lately. Julia Witmer tagged me for Lauryn Trimmer's #WritingCommunityBlogAward. Thanks, but this is more than a little different for me. I think I've turned down blogging nominations before. Usually, questions are very difficult, even if answerable, but these I think I can do. Anyway, here are …
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Part Two – Fear)
In a previous post, I related the story of the Fall in the Garden of Eden and shared what meaning I see in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. In this post, I am going to discuss the fear that seems to precede the taking of the forbidden fruit, and that now …
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Out of the Ashes: An Excerpt
“I don't want to leave just yet,” said Silmavalien to Noren and Keya. “I never told you, I think, about the obsidian rock, but before Minth hatched I found a black rock which spoke to me and told me it was the Avenger of the Dragons. It also told me that it was not the …
Song of the Dragon-Sword: A Poem from DragonSword
The Dragon-sword is arisen at lastRe-forged in the flame and light of old.Winged in the hand of its bearer it rises;Through death and life and death again he lives. The stars in the earth are freed at lastAnd their Guardian arisen in light.The war is begun; the war shall now be won!Through death and life and …
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This is Not About the Rapture
There is a lot of controversy in certain circles about the way this age of the world will come to its end, about the final things that will precede the Judgment and Revelation of the Lord, and about how those who belong to Him will join Him in unshadowed bliss without the sin that mars …
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Part One)
There is a story that God put the man and the woman in a garden and told them that all the trees of the garden were theirs to eat from, except for one: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then the serpent came and asked them, “Did God really say that you …
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Hope: A Poem for DragonWing
Down the dark'ning halls Of frozen night and colder lightFlies an angel wingedOf tidings true the messenger. Cracks impris'ning ice;A burning day and warmer darkDawns in shadow brightThat brings a death of fairer life. A once-frozen lifeGives way to death as cold as ice –Death can break life's deathTurn living death to dying life. To die, to rise high …
Dragonrider’s Nuisance: An Excerpt
Noren saddled Evena, and mounted her. It was a couple hours since sunrise and the realization that the partner of his heart was a member of the persecuted race of dragons, whose existence he had still then doubted. He now understood the source of the change in how Silmavalien had regarded the 'gods,' which he …
Dragon Song: Poem for DragonBirth
Swift and fiery, wind immortal, Running beyond all mortal sight, Now made one, undying in unity eternal Beyond the everlasting fire and light. Before the worlds were born This was and is a world of its own; Only those to love forsworn Know this world to which no eagle has flown. Now see and behold, …
Enthralled By Love 