Choosing Hope: On Eagle’s Wings “The eagles are coming! The eagles are coming!” ~ The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 6 ~ Isaiah 40:31 KJV (King James Version) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be […]
Choosing Despair: Cry of the Nazgul To the air he had returned, summoning his steed ere the failed, and now he was come again, bringing ruin, turning hope to despair, victory to death. ~On the Captain of the Nazgul, The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 6~ The Nazgul: The Creation of the Ring […]
Choosing Control: Saruman’s Power “As the power grows, its proved friends will also grow; and the Wise, such as you and I, with patience come at last to direct its course, to control it.” ~Saruman to Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 2 ~ The quest for greatness continues this week. Only […]
Choosing Freedom: Eowyn’s Greatness “What do you fear, lady?” he asked. “A cage,” she said. “To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them, and all the chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.” – Aragorn and Eowyn, The Return of the King, Book 5, Chapter 2 – What […]
Choosing Bondage: King Theoden “Now lord,” said Gandalf, “look out upon your land! Breathe the free air again!” – Gandalf to King Theoden, Book Three, The Two Towers, Chapter Six – Rohan’s king, when we first see him, is rather pitiful. Hunched over, hair wild, beard uncombed, pasty skinned, and eyes clouded over King Theoden […]
Choosing Honesty Given how I sometimes tend to fall behind in my bible study, I took some extra time to commit myself into the journey through Sarah Arthur’s Walking With Frodo Devotional. Now a little more than half way through the study, I examine yet another side character who knows a thing or two about honesty. […]
Grima: Cat Got Your Tongue? Part II What do you make of Grima Wormtongue? When you first saw him on screen or read about him in the pages of Tolkien’s work, what did you think? I admit it, when I first saw him, I saw nothing more than a desperate soul. Then that is possibly […]
Cat Got Your Tongue? Part I A character of which, until recently, seemed to bear no significance to me in The Lord Of The Rings is Grima Wormtongue. Who Is Grima Wormtongue? Grima Wormtongue acted as advisor or counsel unto King Theoden of Rohan. His loyalty, as portrayed in film, is allied with the enemy […]
Choosing Deceit: The Path of Pain And ever Wormtongue’s whispering was in your ears, poisoning your thought, chilling your heart, weakening your limbs, while others watched and could do nothing, for your will was in his keeping.” ~Gandalf to King Theoden, The Two Towers, Book 3 Chapter 6~ Wormtongue might not seem like much of […]
Choosing Forgiveness “Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him.” ~Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 6 ~ “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only […]
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