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Posts tagged as “Lord of the Rings”

To turn on the light

Published 23. February 2022 by Theresa Thunig
To turn on the light
Spoiler-Alert!

This article contains mild spoilers about Harry Potter III: The Prisoner of Azkaban.

With a bloodcurdling squeal, the constant "Dadamm-dadamm" of the train comes to a halt. Where there should be the joyful or excited talk and giggles of hundreds of children, there is only tense whispering. Fearful glances roam the grounds. The castle, which is actually home and school in equal measure, seems different today than it usually does. Today the mist hides more than forests and magic. You can almost feel them, the ghosts that can bring the worst memories to light. It is the 1st of September 1993 and a new school year begins at Hogwarts and it brings with it a whole new darkness.

If you live an ordinary life…

Published 9. February 2022 by Theresa Thunig
If you live an ordinary life…
Spoiler-Alert!

This article contains slight spoilers about the film "Passengers" (2016) and the novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne and all adaptations.

What do we dream of? How do we imagine our life, our future? What are our hopes and wishes? Such existential questions have great power to drive or paralyse us. They can make us aware of the responsibility we have while the earth keeps turning. Because no one can make better decisions about our lives than we can. So what on earth do we do with the time we have?

Deeds that move the wheels of the world

Published 2. February 2022 by Oscar Cuypers
Deeds that move the wheels of the world

My first idea this Wednesday was to write something about the quote "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future", which comes from the Lord of the Rings movies and is spoken by Galadriel. But then I came across a short article by Marcel Aubron-Bülles that reminded me of the quote which can be seen as the inspiration for Galadriel's words, which only occur in the movies:

Denethor or Aragorn

Published 25. January 2022 by Oscar Cuypers
Denethor or Aragorn
Spoiler-Alert!

This article contains spoilers about The Lord of the Rings, especially the third part.

At a conference I attended some time ago, all participants were asked to draw up a picture of the future of the church. Looking back on the conference, whose title was "Women's Power and Men's Power. Potentials and Obstacles of Equal Participation in the Catholic Church" and many other current challenges in the Church and the world, I came up with an image that describes not so much the future as the current situation in which we find ourselves if the future described by other participants is to come to pass.