Oct 6, 20203 minC.S. Lewis on Nature and Reasoning about GodIn the Introduction to The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis tells us the reasons he used to give when people would ask him why he was an...
May 20, 20201 minOne Wine is Left in the Broken BowlWhat is left for the cold grey soul That moans like a wounded dove? One wine is left in the broken bowl 'Tis, to love, and love, and...
May 20, 20201 minWhat Forms Will Your Loves Call Forth? Here is an audio file of some commentary I gave on Charles Williams' novel, The Place of the Lion. I originally recorded this for my...
Apr 28, 202011 minThe Two GandalfsThe title of this essay is not quite as apt as the titles of my earlier essays on the two Aragorns, Faramirs, and Treebeards. This is...
Apr 27, 202011 minThe Two AragornsLast week I posted essays on Treebeard and Faramir, two noble characters from the Lord of the Rings whom, I argued, Peter Jackson...
Apr 27, 20205 minReading Religion in Lord of the RingsThe Ainulindalë is the name of the first part of Silmarillion. It is the creation story of Tolkien's Middle Earth, and demonstrates that...
Apr 21, 20205 minThe Two FaramirsIn an earlier post I compared the character Treebeard as we meet him in The Lord of the Rings, with movie-Treebeard as we meet him in...
Apr 20, 20204 minThe Two TreebeardsFor those whose first love is Tolkien's original novel, some of the changes made in Peter Jackson's films are bound to be disappointing....
Feb 12, 20193 minThe Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher in Defense of Civilization Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a toad with a diverse set of friends which includes Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton, who is a...