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2026.08.29 Cascade Moot, Saturday, 29 August, 2026 - Signum University (signumuniversity.org)

Join us in Portland for Cascade Moot! Let's get hands-on with our theme, Taking Craft Seriously: Tolkien (and You!) as Maker.

Weekend #Tolkien Thread! On August 29th, I'll be presenting at #CascadeMoot on the topic of Tolkien As Sub-Creator: Giving His Best. I'll consider many ways in which the Professor showed his high regard for humanity. For example... signumuniversity.org/event/cascad...

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Miriam Ellis · 16 · 15h ago

Tolkien gave his best to Edith Bratt, faithfully waiting for her until his guardian permitted their marriage. He thought so highly of Edith that he saw in her the beauty and wonder of a...

Miriam Ellis · 6 · 15h ago

powerful elf princess. He made a great tale out of their love story that has now been cherished by generations of readers. As a result of their mutual devotion...

Miriam Ellis · 7 · 15h ago

the couple were able to enjoy many golden years together, as we see them here in old age in their garden at Sandfield Road. Tolkien also thought his children deserved his best...

Miriam Ellis · 6 · 15h ago

He penned the lavish Father Christmas letters for them when they were little, and counseled them via very loving letters through the hardships of life, urging Christopher to "keep up your hobbitry in heart" amid war. As a professor...

Miriam Ellis · 6 · 15h ago

Tolkien gave generously of his time and advice to his students, like Sister Wendy Beckett - a hero of mine in the arts. He presented the most remarkable lectures at a variety of colleges. Imagine having been there to hear them in person! Meanwhile...

Miriam Ellis · 6 · 15h ago

Tolkien famously gave of his best to his friends. He cherished fellowship, and at a time and place in which people of his religion were subjected to bigotry, he stuck his neck out to communicate honestly about his faith with a struggling C.S. Lewis. Tolkien thought Lewis deserved no less and...

Miriam Ellis · 6 · 15h ago

this effort ended up meaning the world to Lewis. It greatly helped him along his own path in life. Without Tolkien's generous encouragement of Lewis as a person and friend, it's unlikely that the Narnian lamp-post would ever have been lit. Small wonder, then, that Professor Tolkien...

Miriam Ellis · 4 · 15h ago

gave of his best to his own church. He expressed his faith in beautiful poems, was a daily Communicant at St. Aloysius in Oxford, and though, like most religious people, he struggled at times with the doubts that are the hallmarks of a thinking mind, he was truly devoted to Catholicism. And then...

Miriam Ellis · 3 · 15h ago

there is J.R.R. Tolkien as author. He believed his readers deserved the very best sub-creations he could offer. He gave us The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and so much more. He spent decades from youth to old age offering superlative texts to the world's people, including you and me! He even...

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