Saya belajar membuat tanda salib di bangku Taman Kanak-Kanak, namun baru dibaptis saat memiliki dua orang anak. Buat saya, menjadi seorang Katolik bukan sekadar tanda dan ciri khas yang tampak, tapi soal bertindak dalam hari-hari penuh gejolak, juga soal kehendak dalam menjawab kasih Allah yang mutlak. Sebuah Bisul Kecil adalah renungan, pernyataan, dan rekaman tentang bagaimana keyakinan saya bertumbuh menjadi iman. Saya bersaksi: dari perjalanan ke Vatikan sampai hari pembaptisan, dari ...

In the English countryside, a poor tinker named Christopher Sly becomes the target of a prank by a local lord. Finding Sly drunk out of his wits in front of an alehouse, the lord has his men take Sly to his manor, dress him in his finery, and treat him as a lord. When Sly recovers, the men tell him that he is a lord and that he only believes himself to be a tinker because he has been insane for the past several years. Waking in the lord’s bed, Sly at first refuses to accept the men’s story, ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own ...

Menjelang akhir Perang Dunia, sebuah pesawat berisi rombongan anak sekolah jatuh di sebuah pulau tak berpenghuni. Awalnya, tiadanya pengawasan orang dewasa membuat anak-anak itu bersuka hati menikmati kebebasan. Tak ada lagi aturan yang harus mereka patuhi. Mereka bebas menuruti keinginan hati. Apa pun. Anak-anak itu kemudian berusaha membentuk masyarakat, namun gagal saat harus berhadapan dengan teror, dosa, dan kejahatan. Saat tatanan masyarakat yang terbentuk mulai runtuh, diikuti oleh ...