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Bilbo, as you might recall, had Took blood mixed with his father’s Baggins’ blood. He looked and behaved like his father; “solid and comfortable”, but he “got something a bit queer in his make-up” from his mother’s side. The Tooks were not as respectable as the Baggins Hobbits because they tended to have an adventurous, […]
In my last post, Bilbo Baggins helped us to examine the importance of stepping out of our comfort zones and illustrated that growth in virtues is paramount to the spiritual life. Comfort zones weren’t the only challenge Bilbo faced. He and his dwarf companions had to contend with dragon sickness. In Tolkien’s world, dragons were […]
I often think of a hobbit’s quiet life and simple pleasures with longing, but there is something about hobbits themselves worthy of reflection. Gandalf sums it up: “There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself.” This can also be said of us. […]
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“I had no idea how my soul was so parched! I’m only on Day 20 but when I read, ponder and pray with the daily meditations from Stirring Into Flame, it’s as though a cool rain falls ever so gently on my soul. It not only soothes me but fills me with hope! Most evenings I reread the day’s meditation and pray with it before bed. What a beautiful, soothing gift at the close of the day where again my soul is watered!”
- Elizabeth