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David Rowe
@mrdavidrowe
Connoisseur of simple things, disciple of Chesterton, panoramic Trinitarian, writer/musician/churchman. I wrote 'The Proverbs of Middle-earth' (see link below).
Apr 5 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I was teaching a class 'How to love your neighbour who is sad'. To illustrate 'secret sadnesses', I shared that our dog has just died, and started to well up a bit. One girl came up to me afterwards, looked me in the eye and gave me a piece of paper. "This is for you," she said. Image That was yesterday – I opened it this morning. She's a lovely 4th Grader, very kind and thoughtful, so naturally I wondered how she had decided to comfort me in my distress. I unrolled the paper to reveal...
Jan 25, 2023 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
WHAT ARE THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOOD WORKS?

[thread, from The Rule of St. Benedict] In the first place, to love the Lord God with the whole heart, the whole soul and the whole strength.

Then one’s neighbour as if oneself.
Nov 13, 2020 • 49 tweets • 7 min read
1 Like, 1 LOTR opinion that probably isn't that interesting anyway... The word 'holy' only appears once in Lord of the Rings, and then as a translation of a Quenya word. I find that striking but I'm not exactly sure why.
Sep 23, 2019 • 69 tweets • 38 min read
Inspired by (the always inspiring) @holland_tom here are the 66 books of the Bible each represented by a song. Rules: no bad songs, no church songs, no repeated artists, and nothing too obscure as to be no fun. @holland_tom GENESIS
Man Gave Names To All The Animals, Bob Dylan
There are SO MANY options for Genesis-songs, mainly super-serious. Dylan at his love-him-or-hate-him best starts us off on a different footing, reimagining Genesis 2:19-20.
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