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 ‘Tolkien’
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 [...]
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