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Film Literature The Five

How Hobbits Teach Us Courage

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Phill Lytle, Gowdy Cannon, Ben Plunkett, D.A. Speer and Nathan Patton 1 Comment Aragorn, Bilbo Baggins, Courage, Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gimli, Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Merry Brandybuck, Middle Earth, Peregrin Took, Pippin Took, Samwise Gamgee, Second Breakfast, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Wizards

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

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the journey doesn't end here

The Journey Doesn’t End Here

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Phill Lytle 5 Comments 2 Corinthians, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, Eternity, Gandalf, Journey, Peter Gabriel, Pippin Took, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Coronavirus: Five Messages of Encouragement and Comfort

End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path… One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass… And then you see it.

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Tolkien vs Peter Jackson

Film Literature The Five

Tolkien vs Peter Jackson: Five Things the Books Did Better Than the Films

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Battle of the Five Armies, Beorn, Elijah Wood, Eowyn, Faramir, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gollum, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Samwise Gamgee, Sauron, Shelob, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Thorin Oakenshield, Witch King of Angmar

Five Times Tolkien was > Peter Jackson.

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Film Literature Music The Arts Theology

Moments of Revelation

November 7, 2018August 19, 2019 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Arthur, Avalon, Beauty, Bilbo Baggins, Eternity, Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Merlin, Revelation, Stephen Lawhead, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Pendragon Cycle, The River Will Flow, Truth, U2, Whiteheart, With or Without You

Truth and beauty have a way of finding us even when we least expect it.

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Five Times Gandalf Was the Master of Trash Talk

June 24, 2016August 5, 2019 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments 1 Kings, 2 Corinthians, Bilbo Baggins, Elijah, Galatians, Gandalf, Grima Wormtongue, J.R.R. Tolkien, Job, Larry Bird, Peregrin Took, Pippin Took, Return of the King, Sherlock Holmes, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, The Mouth of Sauron, The Two Towers, Trash Talking

Gandalf was the King of throwing shade.

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