If you are a parent, you have probably had to consider, or will have to consider, whether your child should read Pilgrim’s Progress, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter books, or for that matter any fantasy books. All of these are considered fantasy literature by the author. If you are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lord of the Rings’
Fantasy Literature and the Christian
Posted in Books and articles, contemporary culture, tagged C. S. Lewis, Lord of the Rings, Power of Story, Tolkien on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
White Shores
Posted in General, tagged Lord of the Rings, Tolkien on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the best parts of the movie, The Return of the King (in my opinion), is this little dialogue between Gandalf and Pippin, waiting for the enemy to break through the upper gate in Gondor. Interestingly, this dialogue is not in the book, at least not at this point. What Gandalf says is essentially [...]
The fortifying value of stories
Posted in Books and articles, contemporary culture, Personal growth, tagged Lord of the Rings, Power of Story, Tolkien on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over at The Children’s Hour, Ray Van Neste blogs about books for reading to children, and today he posted about The Lord of the Rings – I like this guy – and the strengthening that we can find through reading and remembering good stories. Van Neste writes this: I am struck by how often in [...]
New “Lord of the Rings” movie out in May
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged Gollum, Lord of the Rings on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, The Hobbit will not be released until 2012. But a fan has made his own, not-for-profit, free movie to be released online on May 3, 2009 by Independent Online Cinema. ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ is a ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fan Film made by fans for fans. Inspired by notes in the appendices from [...]
Rivendell and the power of the Gospel
Posted in Books and articles, tagged Lord of the Rings on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A great little post over at Eucatastrophe on the power of the gospel, as demonstrated when Frodo and Sam are in Rivendell early in Fellowship of the Ring. The post ends with this: The good news of the life, death, and resurrection of Christ is of such a quality that the past, present, or imagined [...]
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