tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.comments2023-08-05T16:17:43.490+01:00The InklingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-67884795873835004192023-01-14T18:27:32.435+00:002023-01-14T18:27:32.435+00:00Mount Zion church later became Christ Church, Redb...Mount Zion church later became Christ Church, Redbourn. However largely unchanged, apart from redecoration, for a hundred years. I was pastor from 1992-2000.Arborfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378273311339123481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-83882849265936206882016-10-11T00:04:51.687+01:002016-10-11T00:04:51.687+01:00Numinor was Yumi's brother in Ulysses31Numinor was Yumi's brother in Ulysses31Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-12805780724294743992016-10-02T16:38:39.345+01:002016-10-02T16:38:39.345+01:00This sounds awesome! I can't wait to check it...This sounds awesome! I can't wait to check it out :)Emmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290515700311919367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-34427653181768671572016-09-05T03:13:05.961+01:002016-09-05T03:13:05.961+01:00Edens courtesy... Such beautiful words written by ...Edens courtesy... Such beautiful words written by a wise man!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291757541017157203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-17375190395470730292016-03-24T01:31:35.202+00:002016-03-24T01:31:35.202+00:00As soon as I read the first verse I thought it mus...As soon as I read the first verse I thought it must be "Major-General" just from the rhythm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-33758799012560352302016-03-11T15:11:42.966+00:002016-03-11T15:11:42.966+00:00I passed through Narni in April 1967, on the way t...I passed through Narni in April 1967, on the way to Rome, and was struck by its beauty and also by the resemblance of the name to Narnia, though I had no idea that C.S. Lewis might have used it as the inspiratio0n for his mythical land. Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-11999416642210491022016-03-07T18:40:17.845+00:002016-03-07T18:40:17.845+00:00Ah, yes... all well known facts. But just whom ga...Ah, yes... all well known facts. But just whom gave him the nightmares?Arborfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378273311339123481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-19412165811973162322016-03-07T14:52:30.095+00:002016-03-07T14:52:30.095+00:00No,
According to his step Children, Lewis was hav...No, <br />According to his step Children, Lewis was having nightmares while writing his work of The Chronicles of Narnia, and He did not know who the main character should be, but he was having nightmares of Lions... Hence, Aslan.<br /><br /><br />Also, bonus: Lewis was at the point of throwing the Chronicles of Narnia in the trash, but kept it because he felt it was simply an amazing story, so he gave it a second chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-21356857850200464332015-09-05T12:24:40.230+01:002015-09-05T12:24:40.230+01:00The whole short story is downloadable from the Gut...The whole short story is downloadable from the Gutenburg Australia site...Arborfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378273311339123481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-53895856538726101862015-07-28T04:24:03.186+01:002015-07-28T04:24:03.186+01:00The final paragraph of this essay is one of the mo...The final paragraph of this essay is one of the most brilliant pieces of practical theology that I have ever read, at any time in any place by any author. It is a brilliant commentary on Jesus words that the law and prophets were summed up in the two Loves---of God, and of neighbor. Had I read this forty years ago, in my adolescence, it would have made me a more conscientious person. Going forward, it will help me get by tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. Words cannot describe my gratitude for this paragraph. <br /><br />9JanxcivAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-62300077769267517812015-07-23T06:55:54.795+01:002015-07-23T06:55:54.795+01:00It's not hard to imagine the journalistic just...It's not hard to imagine the journalistic justification for doing that. At the same time it seems <a href="http://www.ufgop.org/pdf/tactless" rel="nofollow">tactless</a>. See the link below for more info. <br /><br /><br />#tactless<br />www.ufgop.orgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720547920308398294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-60203371942387254712015-02-10T15:36:30.574+00:002015-02-10T15:36:30.574+00:00Thanks for helping me find this quote. I knew I ha...Thanks for helping me find this quote. I knew I had it in a book here somewhere!Carla Taylor, Illinoisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-7370910999659494312015-01-17T00:55:38.553+00:002015-01-17T00:55:38.553+00:00This quote is from Simon Machin at http://www.oxfo...This quote is from Simon Machin at http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/features/brothers-arms, correct? You might want to give the attribution. lest you give the impression it is your own writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-66278053640426753942014-10-22T03:07:05.162+01:002014-10-22T03:07:05.162+01:00"senhsucht" is a typo.
"sehnsucht&..."senhsucht" is a typo. <br />"sehnsucht" is intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-27226232563715019692014-10-02T17:45:14.773+01:002014-10-02T17:45:14.773+01:00I am not expert in the topic only a casual reader....I am not expert in the topic only a casual reader. I wonder though is it common for some one to translate a poem from old English and then try to make their translation alliterate? I would think it may change the message of the original to search for words to alliterate and mean the same as the word being replaced?Gerry Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628778372905188334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-32996811667417232342014-09-04T05:06:06.384+01:002014-09-04T05:06:06.384+01:00Thanks for this! I also am re-reading THS and was...Thanks for this! I also am re-reading THS and was startled to see Numinor mentioned. I missed it the first time around (and I don't think the spelling was the reason). Thanks again!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-20933946701067052332014-07-18T00:29:06.144+01:002014-07-18T00:29:06.144+01:00Somehow missed this use by old CS first time I rea... Somehow missed this use by old CS first time I read the Trilogy. This time I ran to the 'puter and found this answer. Thanks for the post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-89403640204384647472014-05-28T15:56:10.296+01:002014-05-28T15:56:10.296+01:00That's fascinating! I've heard about the ...That's fascinating! I've heard about the blue istari, but never heard anything real detailed about them, just that there were two blue ones. So, this was great! And it gives me a whole list of books I'll need to check out now :)Emmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290515700311919367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-87275274679867709122014-05-09T22:50:40.045+01:002014-05-09T22:50:40.045+01:00what a wonderful gem of a find! I am reading that ...what a wonderful gem of a find! I am reading that hideous strength, and quite flipped my lid when I saw CS mention Numinor (and spell it incorrectly...)! This is a fantastic explanation of what I've just found on page 201. Thanks so much for postingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-18198658554206785202014-04-05T15:11:28.484+01:002014-04-05T15:11:28.484+01:00In a short exchange between Frodo and Gandalf, at ...In a short exchange between Frodo and Gandalf, at a moment of great difficulty...<br /><br />“I wish the ring had never come to me.” says Frodo. “I wish none of this had happened.”<br /><br />“So do all who live to see such times,” replies Gandalf, “but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”<br /><br />And so for all of us, whether we look back on the past with satisfaction or longing for what might have been.Arborfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378273311339123481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-65525258907251502322014-04-05T12:17:55.174+01:002014-04-05T12:17:55.174+01:00Wonderful. Thanks !Wonderful. Thanks !Blue Eyed Ennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181985609681328032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-74748195709480448842014-04-05T05:07:31.862+01:002014-04-05T05:07:31.862+01:00Thanks for the great compilation of quotes.
What...Thanks for the great compilation of quotes. <br /><br />What passage were you thinking of when Gandalf discusses longing with Frodo? I would like to go and re-read it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139308653937890861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-55574771020513345202014-02-26T21:48:38.891+00:002014-02-26T21:48:38.891+00:00I didn't quite like this book at first but tha...I didn't quite like this book at first but that I realized it was about Tolkien himself. It is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-41470487214535272852014-02-24T13:35:20.031+00:002014-02-24T13:35:20.031+00:00aha! That is where Jan Karon obtained her title fo...aha! That is where Jan Karon obtained her title for her published compilation Father Timothy Cavanaugh's quotes. "Patches of Godlight. I love finding the source material and it is getting more and more difficult these days with the internet's vagueness.Laure Coverthttp://www.pineneedlesandpapertrails.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-27982074538406402014-02-05T00:51:15.063+00:002014-02-05T00:51:15.063+00:00Loosely leaping from "Auden & the Inkling...Loosely leaping from "Auden & the Inklings" to "MacDonald & the Inklings"<br />... having enjoyed your blog entries for some years it struck me that you might be interested in knowing about an upcoming Oxford Conference: "Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald & the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy". I don't think I can attach the 'Call For Papers' here, but you can find that and general conference information at: www.george-macdonald.com/macdonaldsociety/conference2014.html<br /><br />All the best,<br />and with thanks for your continued work,<br />kjjKirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896655336503722084noreply@blogger.com