Fantasy Archives - Rambling Ever On

Five Times The Lord of the Rings Makes Me Cry

November 12, 2020November 13, 2020 Phill Lytle 8 Comments Aragorn, Boromir, Crying, Fantasy, Film, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Peter Jackson, Sad, Samwise Gamgee, Tears, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien

Not all tears are an evil.

Film Literature Television The Arts

“If There Be Any Virtue” – The Mid-Week Spotlight

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Alan Cumming, Alex Kingston, Apologetics, Auralia's Colors, Books, Elizabeth Reaser, Fantasy, Felicity Huffman, Film, Greg Koukl, Jeffrey Overstreet, John Heard, Josh Charles, Literature, Lois Smith, Movies, Ned Beatty, Peter Krause, Sports Night, Sweet Land, Television, The Story of Reality, Theology, Tim Guinee

You can find truth, beauty, and joy just about anywhere.

Literature The Five

Five Reasons You Should Read “The Chronicles of Narnia”

February 14, 2020January 4, 2021 Phill Lytle, Ben Plunkett, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Brandon Atwood 3 Comments Aslan, Books, C.S. Lewis, Children's Literature, Fantasy, Narnia, Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The Lion, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, The Silver Chair, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

There are hundreds of reasons to read “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Here are five.

Literature

I Am Thankful For… Unexpectedly Good Books

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Nathan Patton 2 Comments Brandon Sanderson, Fantasy, Hope, Science Fiction, Skyward, Starsight, Stories

I’m thankful for good books to read, especially when they are unexpectedly good books.

Literature The Five

A Celebration of National Book Lovers Day

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Phill Lytle, Ben Plunkett, Gowdy Cannon, Nathan Patton and Steve Lytle 1 Comment A Tale of Two Cities, Adventure, Agatha Christie, Audiobooks, Biographies, C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, Charles Portis, Common Sense, Douglas Adams, Ecclesiastes, F. Leroy Forlines, Fantasy, Henry and the Chalk Dragon, Influence, Inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Joyce, Jane Austin, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm Gladwell, Mein Kampf, National Book Lovers Day, Poetry, Prose, Ray Bradbury, Reading, Reading Aloud, Robert Picirilli, Romance, Science Fiction, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Pilgrim's Progress, Thomas Paine, Tragedy, Truth, Uncle Tom's Cabin

Here then is our ode to this singular creation. Here, is our celebration of books and all who love them. Happy Book Lovers Day from Rambling Ever On!

Literature The Arts

A Review of “The Wingfeather Saga” by Andrew Peterson

December 10, 2018September 10, 2019 Phill Lytle 6 Comments Andrew Peterson, Book Review, Children's Literature, Fantasy, North! or Be Eaten, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, The Monster in the Hollows, The Warden and the Wolf King, The Wingfeather Saga

Andrew Peterson has written a classic story. You should read it.

Devotional Thought The Five Theology

REO Gives Thanks

November 23, 2017July 30, 2019 Gowdy Cannon, Ben Plunkett, Phill Lytle and Staff 3 Comments Autumn, Coffee, Fantasy, Feasting, Gratitude, Seasons, Spring, Starbucks, Summer, Thankfullness, Thanksgiving, Winter

A specially timed Thanksgiving Five. (1,481 words)

Film Literature Music The Arts Theology

How Gladiator, Andy Dufresne, ’80s Rock, and Fantasy Literature Helped Me Understand Heaven

February 8, 2017August 7, 2019 Phill Lytle 15 Comments 1 Thessalonians, 1980s, Andy Dufresne, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Christianity, Commodus, Eternity, Fantasy, Gladiator, Heaven, Home, Isaiah, John, Kingdom of Heaven, Maximus, Reunion, Revelation, Stephen Lawhead, Taliesin, The Shawshank Redemption, Zihuatanejo

My journey to a deeper, fuller, and more resonate connection to heaven.

Film Literature The Arts Theology

On Stories, Questions, and the Power of the One True Myth

October 23, 2016September 3, 2020 Phill Lytle 7 Comments Books, Christianity, Doubts, Faith, Fantasy, Harry Potter, Hope, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature, Reading, Scripture, Sovereignty, Story, The Lord of the Rings, True Myth, Truth

Is God powerful enough to take our wounds and our brokenness and turn them into something beautiful? Can He redeem our suffering and give us our own happily ever after?

Family Film The Five

Five Fantasy Films for Tweens

March 11, 2016June 11, 2019 Nathan Patton 12 Comments Family, Fantasy, Hayao Miyazaki, Movies, Princess Mononoke, Song of the Sea, The Neverending Story, The Princess Bride, The Secret of Kells, The Wizard of Oz, Willow

One Dad’s attempt to introduce his tweens to the wonderful world of fantasy films.