Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
The release of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy changed how viewers and critics see fantasy films. While fans will keep debating the merits of his later Hobbit trilogy, his first trilogy continues to…
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies have been compared to all kinds of other films, particularly other epic projects like David Lean’s historical epics or the action-packed adventure movie Braveheart. However, one often underdiscussed…
“Hey, if Sauron wants to watch TV, let him.” I watch the orange balloon with the giant eye scrawled over it in Expo marker bobble around, its eye facing the projector we are using to…
Tolkien. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. Chernin Entertainment and Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2019. Starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins. The Tolkien biopic will have the fortune of a cult:…
Tolkien’s theory on fairy stories and their purpose to promote elements of moral truth was known in academic circles since the 1940s. Tolkien himself acknowledged the fact that his Middle-earth novels were written as a…
Bronwe athan Harthad. Hope beyond endurance. A fortitude that took him to places no one else dared to go, carrying something that many had succumbed to, even him. Master Baggins, Frodo of the Nine Fingers…
By Noor Yusuf When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End awoke in the early hours of a spring morning, it was not by the hand of a ticking clock, nor even the beginnings of a…
Good Friday is a sad time. Easter Sunday is a joyous time. In some church traditions, it even becomes such a joyous time that steps are taken to tone it down. For example, in fifteenth-century…
~By Amanda Pizzolatto In our movies, books, and TV shows, the good guys always bring the criminals to justice. We cheer for them, congratulate them, and hail them as heroes. All criminals must be brought…
“I have come. But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. the Ring is mine!” The terrible words came, but Sam could not believe…
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