Tag: Death
Courage at the Crossroad: Death and Immortality in The Lord of the Rings
In a letter from 1958, J.R.R. Tolkien noted that his fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings, was...
A Passage to Something Better
It is mainly concerned with Death, and Immortality. J.R.R. Tolkien, commenting on The Lord of the...
To J. R. R. Tolkien
On a day when Fall’s first leaves were flying And the wind was howling and geese were crying And...
Excerpt from Note to Self
Under the weight of regret, I hit my knees and leaned onto my hands, digging my fingers into the...
A Passage to Something Better
He [Tolkien] folded into his work something fresh and unexpected, something vital and important: a...
Death and the Knight
Death sheathed his sword.
Its worn grip formed perfectly to his hand. Rainwater washed pools of dark blood and broken teeth across the stony ground, while crows picked flesh from fresh corpses.
Necropolis and the Soul’s Well
My mind is a necropolis.
Crazy Love: The Action and Call of Grace in Dostoevsky’s “The Dream of the Ridiculous Man”
As Christians, we recognize the most fantastic story of all in the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Reckoning With Death and Dying in a Disenchanted Age: The Christian Reality of the Fear of Death
Whether it occurs consciously or not, death holds sway as the central drama of human existence.
A Little Death
Blood’s fever raids my mind,
chains my will; and raging
unrestrained, my body
grasps control of yours and
yields us to the wilding
whirlwind rushing our skin.
