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** Sunday Spotlight
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A Sunday Afternoon Newsletter



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** “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume of the week.”
–H. W. Longfellow
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** November, 2003 • by Anna Mathie
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** Tolkien and the Gift of Mortality ([link removed])
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** Tolkien looks unblinkingly at “the loss and the silence” of death, but remains steadfast: Death is our curse, but also our blessing.
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** January, 2004 • by Anna Mathie
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** The Gospel According to Tolkien ([link removed])
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** In Tolkien’s world, natural virtues, such as wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance, take on a Christian character.
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