Gollum's Choice or, What is Your Precious?
Into the Expectation http://intotheexpectation.blogspot.com/2012/12/gollums-choice-or-what-is-your-precious.html Monday, December 17, 2012 "A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire." – Thomas. Merton I saw the Hobbit movie yesterday. Though it has its shortcomings (and longcomings, given its length), I enjoyed it. But then, as a Tolkien and Peter Jackson fan, I wanted to enjoy it. I'm reposting an old sermon that explores questions of heaven and hell playing off of one of the characters in the movie: Smeagol was once a hobbit-like creature. A hobbit is an imaginary creature invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who wrote the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . Short creatures with hairy feet, hobbits have been described as a cross between a rabbit and an English...