Return to Middle Earth: A Lord of the Rings Story
Author’s Note: This story is written solely for my own amusement, and with all due respect to Tolkien. Any changes made to his original characters, and the times in which they lived, are only for…
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The Secret Fire: An Image of the Holy Spirit
In the previous article I discussed the parallel between the Christian and Tolkien’s version of the myth of creation. Another point to consider about it is how the world actually came into existence according to…
Tolkien and Restoration: A Look at Catholicism in England during the 19th and 20th Centuries
In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were…
Dreams: A Lord of the Rings Story
Author's Note: This story was written partly in answer to a challenge to write an AU tale of Frodo at Helms Deep. ~ Bilbo closed his study door and reached up with the candlesnuffer to…
Reflections on The Lord of the Rings 18 Years Later…
I only watched the Ralph Bashki cartoon and the Rankin Bass ROTK and The Hobbit when I was a kid. I knew nothing about Tolkien in 2001; I was 8 years old. The Mummy Returns…
The Shadow Can Only Mock, It Cannot Make: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Catholic Understanding of Evil
Many of us are aware that the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien were strongly influenced by his deep Catholic spirituality. Although Tolkien famously denied that his work was an allegory of religion,…
Strength: A Lord of the Rings Story
~ by Danika Cooper Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the…
How Harry Healed My Inner Frodo: Reflections on the Christian Mystery of Love, Sacrifice, and Choice
I first read and finished The Lord of the Rings in the summer of 1977. I remember feeling like someone had kicked me in the stomach. I remember feeling a depression wash over me, not…
Tolkien Was Wise to Put the Kibosh on the Fourth Age
One of the most amazing things about The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is how many readers return to it time and time again. Most doorstopper-sized books, no matter how wonderful, are read once…