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🌑 @fell.energy · 08/10/2026

any sword wielded by a woman is a broad sword

David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's seems like everyone I know in Charleston is heading for the mountains this weekend. We're going to be in and around Brevard, NC. Say hi if you're nearby!

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can't convey just how much I love Unfinished Tales.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yet this is nothing

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'The motives of women are so inscrutable! Their most trivial action can mean volumes, and their most extraordinary conduct depend on a hairpin or a pair of curling tongs. How do we build on such a quicksand?' This is what Sherlock Holmes thinks, I couldn't possibly comment.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"If you're not weird you're boring!" said the 2nd grader at recess. I gave her a high-five.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today at school a girl choked on her food – right in front of me, thank God, or she may not have been noticed. I did three firm whacks on her back and the obstruction was out. She was shaken, I was shaken, but in the hustle and bustle of the cafeteria hardly anyone else noticed.

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CPN @oksettledown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thank you for your attention to this matter!!

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The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A while back I had a brilliant conversation with none other than the enchanting Malcolm Guite! We talked about Tolkien, stories, imagination, language and the prophetic edge of LOTR.

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Malcolm Guite on enchantment and imagination

YouTube video by The Wonder of Tolkien

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i amar prestar aen @oakleaf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everyone asks “who is Tom Bombadil” and “what is Tom Bombadil” but never “how is Tom Bombadil?” (He’s a merry fellow, thanks for asking!)

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yesterday morning, it was cloudy for about an hour and a half. Having arrived in England on June 29, that was the first time since then it has not been bright and sunny. Man!

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I went to a Church of England service yesterday: • No traditional building (held in a hotel) • No vestments • No liturgy • No communion So, not my preference. And I only knew one of the songs. But man, it was FANTASTIC. God was in the house and doing great things. Amen.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Just found these pictures my wife took of me 5ish years ago. New baby, middle of seminary, full-time job and a part-time job too. No surprise that I found Greek borderline impossible.

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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

THANK you, KTLA

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sounds pretty solid, ngl. Love me some Moravians! (And thanks to @theodramatist.com for the work)

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The older I get, the more grateful I am for parking spaces in the shade.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I’m on vacation, haven’t played guitar for 4-5 days. Feel weirdly ‘itchy’.

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Andre Walendowsky @walendowsky.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

O God, you made us in your own image, … Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance & hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; … that … all nations & races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 🙏

42. for the human family

O God, you made us in your own image, and you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Is there a word like "typo" for when you're using speech-to-text and it spells out what you said phonetically but it's not the right word?

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It's a terrifying time of year. Time to see if last summer's shorts still fit.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Last night after dinner, I wrote a rhyming paraphrase of Psalm 150, meaning that – after 8 years of often-plodding creativity – I now have paraphrased the entire Psalter into poetic forms. So now it's time for me to go back to the beginning and start revising/rewriting! Yay! >>

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

#StreetArt 🌸 The Living Afro By Fabio Gomes Trindade in #Trindade, #Brazil

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Sherlock Holmes on what might happen if humanity ever finds a way to prolong and rejuvenate our lives through some miracle drug. Reminds me of these transhumanist billionaires injecting themselves with their own kids' blood.

But it may recur. Others
may find a better way. There is danger there—a very
real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the
material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong
their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid
the call to something higher. It would be the survival
of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our
poor world become?”

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Monday is the centenary of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien meeting – CSL said JRRT 'only needs a slap or two'. Tolkien was 34, Lewis was 27. Without their friendship and synergy, so much that I hold dear wouldn't exist, including many of my own friendships. Thank God for May 11, 1926.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

every time I eat pineapple I think about this post

a Google search for “pineapple hurt mouth”

emes:
most of my google searches sound like a confused, gentle giant learning about how the world is cruel

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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 06/05/2026

Anyways I started helping out at my church's vegetable garden and I regret to tell you that this sort of thing makes you feel better.

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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 30/04/2026

What I often like to point out about the early church (and this is likely true later than we would expect) is how much more formal and liturgical and structured it would seem to evangelicals today and how much more charismatic is would seem to high church traditions.

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Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com · 25/04/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Tolkien Society Awards for 2026! 1/5

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I think it was £5/hour, working in an after-school club, in about 1998.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tolkien friends: Our school parents association is getting everyone a book as a teacher appreciation thing. What should I ask for?

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 19/04/2026

The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 19/04/2026

Whatever you do,

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN."

Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

What poems do you have memorised?

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

There’s something about presiding over a paella that makes me feel very, extremely, extraordinarily… something or other.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hi everyone, on this Resurrection Sunday, a reminder: keep praying. Dead things come to life in Jesus. And if you’d like someone to pray alongside, drop me a DM and I will gladly join.

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The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder." - G.K. Chesterton

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I've been thinking of Neville Longbottom as the Sam Gamgee of Hogwarts.

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David Rowe @mrdavidrowe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Dear friends, HOLY MOOT IS NEARLY HERE!! (So if you're coming, please register ASAP!) Come and join us for a memorable day with some of the best minds discussing 'Light and High Beauty'! REGISTER NOW and bring your friends! In-person: $50 Online: $20 www.eventbrite.com/e/holy-moot-...

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Holy Moot II: Light and High Beauty

A day conference on Tolkien & Theology

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