by Dan Cruver | Nov 26, 2018 | Books, Tolkien's Letters
Imagine getting the above Christmas note from J.R.R. Tolkien… If you had received that note as a gift from him, how would it rank as one of the most thoughtful or memorable gifts you’ve ever received? Let us know! Here’s the transcription of...
by Dan Cruver | Oct 29, 2018 | Articles, Members-Only Content
November 2018 Bundle Stop, Enjoy the Wonder by Dan Cruver Do you ever feel like your life is just too busy? Do you have too much going on, so much so that you feel stressed more often than not? If so, Tolkien has some wisdom for you. “Do not spoil the wonder with...
by Dan Cruver | Jul 2, 2018 | Articles, Members-Only Content, The Children of Húrin, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Return of the King, The Silmarillion, The Two Towers, Tolkien Authors
Wandering in Wonder by Dan Cruver People love Tolkien because his writing elicits wonder. We love Middle-earth, in large part, because we long to enjoy its wonders in our daily Present-earth experience. Consider Peter Kreeft’s perspective on the wonder-eliciting power...
by Dan Cruver | Dec 15, 2017 | Books, Characters, The Fellowship of the Ring
Author Scott Sauls writes: Do you remember what Gollum called the ring of power in The Lord of the Rings? His “Precious.” J.R.R. Tolkien was reading the human condition when he came up with that little detail. It is our fallen human tendency to grasp a “Precious” to...
by Dan Cruver | Nov 26, 2017 | Books, Interviews, On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien Authors
From an interview I did with the late Dr. Michael Stanton back in 2004: One thing I have noticed is that even though Tolkien coined the term back in the late 1930s, when he was still in the early stages of writing LOTR, very few of his earlier critics seem to have...
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