Aragorn
March 16, 2007
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Groaning of Creation
March 14, 2007
“There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over… Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.”
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973)
Tree of Theology
March 2, 2007
“People will tell you that theology became too elaborate because it was dead. Believe me, if it had been dead it would never have become elaborate; it is only the live tree that grows too many branches.”
G. K. Chesterton, “The Hat and the Halo” The Thing
Path of Wisdom
January 30, 2007
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
J. R.R. Tolkien, Spoken by Gandalf
Love Grows Greater
January 14, 2007
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
