The Age of Fantasy: Competing Visions, Colliding Worlds
I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.
Baggins/Gamgee ’24: What Hobbits Can Teach Us About Politics
We’re called to imitate Frodo’s mercy and humility as we walk through this American political Mordor.
The One Ring of North Yorkshire and the Internet School of Cultural (il)Literacy
It’s in those moments that the internet feels like a good place to be—a place to reveal how a single story written by an English chap in the 1950s has touched and shaped thousands of lives for the better.
The Vital Love of Friendship Stories
These friendship stories—in giving us fantastic scenarios—demonstrate how in God’s economy friendship is far from cheap.
To ‘Look Foul and Feel Fair’: Tolkien’s Influence on a Romantic YA Trope
Hope is one of the main reasons adult readers flock to YA books despite being “aged out” of the target audience.
Sir Christopher Lee: Exploring Evil for the Sake of Greater Goodness
The late actor believed in showing the tragic horror yet also the willfully evil of his onscreen villains.
“The Hobbit”: The Battle of Delighting in Stories
Before I could enjoy The Hobbit films I felt I had to fight my own battle of five armies.
