it's about that time (time to marathon the lord of the rings extended editions)

Wow! Just watched S6 E13 of Deep Space Nine, Far Beyond the Stars. It’s a marvelous tour de force from everyone involved. Simply one of finest episodes of storytelling in the entire Trek canon. #bydhttmwfi

#Advent #findmeasexpatministereverywhere #NewProfilePic #expatminister #halefam #firstintheloveofLiberty

Supported by faith and hope in Christ the King and relying on our prayer, our work, and our solidarity, let us continue to seek a better world! —St Oscar Romero, Christ the King (B), 1979. Read/listen romerotrust.org.uk/homilies-and-w… #StOscarRomero #ChristTheKing #World

Christ’s kingdom has no limits or borders because it extends over all the world’s peoples —St Oscar Romero, Christ the King (B), 1979. Read/listen buff.ly/3CBu37i #StOscarRomero #ChristTheKing #Christ #Kingdom #World

Check out my “#Thanksgiving Gratitude” playlist on Spotify: it’s a wonderfully overladen table with a cornucopia of holiday dishes, all crammed in next to each other for your enjoyment. Dig in! open.spotify.com/playlist/4SEEw…

The Advent season has many rich and ancient hymns of its own - songs of prophecy, hope, light and life springing up in the dead of winter. Here's one example: some medieval English versions of the beautiful evening hymn, 'Creator of the stars of night' aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/12/condit…

Friends, this is for you. I hope you'll pass it along to a friend who has done this for you.

The ‘Pilgrim Hare’ from St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Dating to the mid-14th century, the hare is dressed as a pilgrim, hence the title. It is thought that the carving was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday

Today's Poetry Thread: SONNETS I'll get this thread started with one of my favorite sonnets. Feel free to add poems.

Today in 1991, Nelson Mandela receives an award at the Rothko Chapel from President Carter and Dominique de Menil. Rothko Chapel

An #Advent poem from the Dwarvish tradition…

'O Earendel, brightest of angels, sent to mankind over middle-earth...' It's the winter solstice, when the medieval church sang 'O Oriens' - a prayer for light in darkness. It inspired an Anglo-Saxon poem, which in turn inspired Tolkien's myth of Eärendil aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-an…

On 24 December 1934: Father Christmas writes to Christopher #Tolkien. They will celebrate Christmas with 100 elves and red gnomes, polar cubs, snowbabies, and Paksu and Valkotukka (nephews of the Polar Bear). Image: © Tolkien Estate from Letters from Father Christmas

The wedding at Cana, illustrated in a wonderfully detailed architectural setting - complete with wine cellar - in the 12th-century Winchester Psalter. (BL Cotton MS Nero C IV)

Tonight is the eve of May Day, an especially magical time of year. It's said that on May Eve in Herefordshire, early in the last century, 'folk used to put trays of moss outside their doors for the fairies to dance upon'.

As evening fades to night on this Eve of May, Minas Tirith is bright with lights. Thousands of people have arrived from across Gondor and are waiting together for the dawn.

The Chicago Sun-Times found a photo of Pope Leo, Robert Prevost, at the 2005 World Series against the Astros

The Advent season has many rich and ancient hymns of its own - songs of prophecy, hope, light and life springing up in the dead of winter. Here's one for a moonlit night: the beautiful 'Creator of the stars of night', translated by medieval English poets aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/12/condit…

Today is Plough Monday, the first Monday after Epiphany. This was traditionally the first day back at work after the Christmas holiday, and it was celebrated by blessing tools of work - a way of starting off the new year well, but also an excuse for some last Christmas festivity!