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“Not alone.” True Christian Fellowship in Action

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Phill Lytle 1 Comment NEEDTOBREATHE, Christian Living, The Lord of the Rings, Avengers: Endgame, Fellowship

Forging bonds of fellowship during times of struggle.

The Five Television

Our Favorite Lost Moments

September 21, 2019July 26, 2020 Ben Plunkett, Michael Lytle, Phill Lytle and Gowdy Cannon 0 Comments The Lord of the Rings, Lost, Jack Shephard, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, Jin-Soo Kwon, James "Sawyer" Ford, Dharma, Charlie Pace, Flashback, Flashforward, J.J. Abrams, Dominic Monaghan

The REO staff discusses some of their favorite moments and aspects of the show.

Literature The Five Film

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

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

Five Times Tolkien was > Peter Jackson.

The Arts Literature The Five Film

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

June 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Phill Lytle 9 Comments The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature, Peter Jackson, Middle Earth

Five characters, scenes, or moments Peter Jackson handled better than Tolkien.

Satire Misc The Arts Film

Gollum Cries Discrimination After Being Portrayed by “Nasty” Human Actor in “The Lord of the Rings” Films

September 26, 2018July 10, 2019 Phill Lytle 4 Comments The Lord of the Rings, Satire, Gollum, Smeagol, The Hobbit, Discrimination

Gollum asks for fair representation in film. #FirstTimeISawWe

The Arts Film Theology

Reform the Line: Finding Purpose in Failure

July 16, 2018July 29, 2019 Phill Lytle 9 Comments Suffering, Christian Living, Death, Failure, Disappointment, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Faithful, Missionary, Obedience, Loss, Peter Jackson, Courage, The Return of the King, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Rohirrim, Theoden, Gondor, Rohan, Mordor, Jim Elliot, Ecuador, Peter Fleming, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Waodani, Elisabeth Elliot, Moses, David, Joseph, Paul

When failure is the best thing.

Literature The Arts The Five

Five Literature Moments That Made Me Ugly Cry

June 8, 2018July 17, 2019 Gowdy Cannon 3 Comments Andrew Peterson, Harry Potter, Books, J.K. Rowling, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature, Crying, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Road, The Wingfeather Saga, Emotion, Harper Lee, Cormac McCarthy

Join me in celebrating the moments where authors brought the emotion (1307 words)

Literature Misc Theology

The Rough Draft of Solace

May 17, 2017August 19, 2019 Phill Lytle 11 Comments Joy, Psalms, Pain, Grief, Hope, Aslan, Anger, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sorrow, Comfort, Doubt, John, 2 Corinthians, C.S. Lewis, The Return of the King, The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, Jill Pole, Rejoice, Galatians, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Mount Doom, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, Cancer

Searching for hope in difficult times. (2155 words)

The Arts Film

One Ring To Rule Them All: The Fellowship of the Ring Fifteen Years Later

December 19, 2016January 23, 2019 Staff, Ben Plunkett, Jonathan Postlewaite, Michael Lytle, Nathan Patton, Gowdy Cannon and Phill Lytle 21 Comments Movies, Film, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

We geek out a little about one of our favorite movies of all time.

Literature The Arts Film Theology

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

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

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?