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Tag Archives: J.R.R. Tolkien
Encouragement for Parents with Kids Moving Away to College – the Spacious Nest Syndrome
[From the archives.] Our son Kyle recently came home from college for a long weekend and brought three friends with him. For spacious-nesters like us it was quite a crowd. (My wife Liz and I figure we’re not empty-nesters since … Continue reading
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Tagged children, college, family, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, making plans, wisdom
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When Leonard Nimoy Met JRR Tolkien – The Legend of Bilbo Baggins
Leonard Nimoy passed away today and there are articles praising him all over the internet right now. That’s as it should be, because I think he’s one of the most talented people I’ve had the pleasure to watch on screen. I … Continue reading
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Tagged J.R.R. Tolkien, Leonard Nimoy, Spock, Star Trek, The Legend of Bilbo Baggins
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Justice and the Enforcement of Mercy
God’s mercy precedes his justice and serves as its very basis. His justice is but the enforcement of his mercy: God insists that we live by the same merciful measure wherein we have been created and redeemed. Ralph C. Wood, … Continue reading
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Tagged J.R.R. Tolkien, justice, Mercy, Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien on the Increase of Love in a World Full of Grief
“The World is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” Haldir … Continue reading
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Tagged elves, Frodo, grief, Haldir, hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, love, Peril
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The #1 Way to Make Plans that Last
[From the archives.] *** “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21.) Our son Kyle recently came home from college for a long weekend and brought three friends with him. … Continue reading
Saturday Quotable – JRR Tolkien on the Meaning of Life
It may be said that the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved by it to praise … Continue reading
Friday Rewind – 11/30/12
[This first appeared as a guest post at Aimee Byrd’s Housewife Theologian last March.] Making Plans “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21.) Our son Kyle recently came home … Continue reading