Tag Archives: J.R.R. Tolkien

Clubbing with Clive and the Inklings

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jorge Costales

Are you part of a club? Ever been apologetic or embarrassed by enjoying the company of like-minded souls in an environment where talking is the main activity? Tired of being pushed around by bottom-line types who question the wisdom of … Continue reading →

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The Butterfly Effect and C.S. Lewis

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Jorge Costales

On September 19th, 1931, after an intense conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis became a Christian. I humbly suggest that the Butterfly effect from that stage of his conversion — an earlier stage included a necessary pit-stop at Theism for … Continue reading →

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Through the eyes of a believer

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Jorge Costales

Quick, what do you see in the photo to the right? Go ahead and click on it, I’ll wait. If you see the mid-section of a male who recently underwent successful bypass surgery, the good news is that you are … Continue reading →

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Tolkien’s Stairway for Led Zeppelin

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Jorge Costales

I was driving on SR-836 recently — in that auto-pilot state of mind which combines boredom with resignation that death is but a texter away — and I heard something on a local FM radio station which surprisingly got my … Continue reading →

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God and imagination

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Jorge Costales

The greatest Christian writers of the last century — C.S. Lewis [Chronicles of Narnia], G.K. Chesterton [The Ethics of Elfland, a chapter in Orthodoxy], and J.R.R. Tolkien [Lord of the Rings] — loved fairy tales. The reason is that those … Continue reading →

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