Sørina Higgins
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On a scale from “The Village” to “The Thing,” how scary/creepy/violent is Del Toro’s “Frankenstein”?
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
On a scale from “The Village” to “The Thing,” how scary/creepy/violent is Del Toro’s “Frankenstein”?
Rev. Brad Schmidt talks about how words hold power for life and death: youtube.com/shorts/_efNp.... #WordsDoThings #Podcast #Rhetoric #Words
Words have Power for Life and Death
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November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Rev. Brad Schmidt talks about how words hold power for life and death: youtube.com/shorts/_efNp.... #WordsDoThings #Podcast #Rhetoric #Words
White Magic & Black Magic: What are Magia & Goetia? What makes magic white or black? What did C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien think? youtube.com/shorts/rTBxy... #magic #magick #Inklings #CSLewis #jrrtolkien #Tolkien #books #literature #OnMondaysWeDoMagic
White Magic & Black Magic
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
White Magic & Black Magic: What are Magia & Goetia? What makes magic white or black? What did C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien think? youtube.com/shorts/rTBxy... #magic #magick #Inklings #CSLewis #jrrtolkien #Tolkien #books #literature #OnMondaysWeDoMagic
What are you reading? Last week, I fell into the delightful PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir and couldn't get out! I loved it way too much. It's funny, clever, sweet, exciting, and totally engaging. Have you read it?
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What are you reading? Last week, I fell into the delightful PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir and couldn't get out! I loved it way too much. It's funny, clever, sweet, exciting, and totally engaging. Have you read it?
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Random LOTR fun
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Random LOTR fun
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New episode today on WORDS DO THINGS: "Malcolm Foley on Words that Kill." youtu.be/aw8goTOfPis
Watch on YouTube or wherever fine podcasts are streamed. @MalcolmBFoley
#podcast #words #Christianity #faith #gospel #rhetoric #politics
Watch on YouTube or wherever fine podcasts are streamed. @MalcolmBFoley
#podcast #words #Christianity #faith #gospel #rhetoric #politics
Episode 11: Malcolm Foley on Words that Kill
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November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
New episode today on WORDS DO THINGS: "Malcolm Foley on Words that Kill." youtu.be/aw8goTOfPis
Watch on YouTube or wherever fine podcasts are streamed. @MalcolmBFoley
#podcast #words #Christianity #faith #gospel #rhetoric #politics
Watch on YouTube or wherever fine podcasts are streamed. @MalcolmBFoley
#podcast #words #Christianity #faith #gospel #rhetoric #politics
This is unacceptable rhetoric. Political opposition is not only acceptable and ethical in a healthy democracy but necessary and built into the system. Ad hominem attacks, however, are unacceptable, unethical, and unnecessary. #WordsDoThings #rhetoric #publicspeech
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is unacceptable rhetoric. Political opposition is not only acceptable and ethical in a healthy democracy but necessary and built into the system. Ad hominem attacks, however, are unacceptable, unethical, and unnecessary. #WordsDoThings #rhetoric #publicspeech
Rushdie said it can be difficult to write about peace while living in a time of “inexcusable violence,” including the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. “A book cannot stop a bullet. A poem cannot intercept a bomb,” he said.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rushdie said it can be difficult to write about peace while living in a time of “inexcusable violence,” including the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. “A book cannot stop a bullet. A poem cannot intercept a bomb,” he said.
Here's a nice piece of kindness in the news today: an ancient artifact is going back to its home. Holland Will Return a Looted 3,500-Year-Old Stone Bust Following Lavish Egyptian Museum Opening www.goodnewsnetwork.org/holland-will...
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Here's a nice piece of kindness in the news today: an ancient artifact is going back to its home. Holland Will Return a Looted 3,500-Year-Old Stone Bust Following Lavish Egyptian Museum Opening www.goodnewsnetwork.org/holland-will...
One does not want to agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, but she is right in this case that all the Epstein files should be released. I don't like her use of the term "insane," and I most emphatically disapprove of the President's calling people "stupid." WORDS DO THINGS.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
One does not want to agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, but she is right in this case that all the Epstein files should be released. I don't like her use of the term "insane," and I most emphatically disapprove of the President's calling people "stupid." WORDS DO THINGS.
Have you thought about how characters often have to decide among competing narratives in the Narnia Chronicles? It's sometimes difficult for them to discern which stories are true and which are false--just as it is for us today, too.
youtube.com/shorts/ABi0V...
youtube.com/shorts/ABi0V...
Competing Narratives in Narnia
YouTube video by Dr. Sørina Higgins
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November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Have you thought about how characters often have to decide among competing narratives in the Narnia Chronicles? It's sometimes difficult for them to discern which stories are true and which are false--just as it is for us today, too.
youtube.com/shorts/ABi0V...
youtube.com/shorts/ABi0V...
I had a dream last night in which people who died had their consciousness uploaded to the cloud. The whole system got infected with a virus, and one technician clicked the wrong button--and everyone was deleted. Forever.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I had a dream last night in which people who died had their consciousness uploaded to the cloud. The whole system got infected with a virus, and one technician clicked the wrong button--and everyone was deleted. Forever.
Here's the first of three talks I gave @8thdayinstitute a few weeks back: youtu.be/yMgUMWo7q60. It's called "Our Dear Charles Williams: Tolkien’s Changing Friendship." Enjoy!
#inklings #tolkien #CharlesWilliams #OddestInkling
#inklings #tolkien #CharlesWilliams #OddestInkling
Eighth Day Institute Inklings Festival: Talk 1
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November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here's the first of three talks I gave @8thdayinstitute a few weeks back: youtu.be/yMgUMWo7q60. It's called "Our Dear Charles Williams: Tolkien’s Changing Friendship." Enjoy!
#inklings #tolkien #CharlesWilliams #OddestInkling
#inklings #tolkien #CharlesWilliams #OddestInkling
What did Tolkien mean by "Doom"? youtube.com/shorts/XbsTJ... via @YouTube
#inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays
#inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What did Tolkien mean by "Doom"? youtube.com/shorts/XbsTJ... via @YouTube
#inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays
#inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays
I read a strange, fascinating book last week: THE FALLING TOWER by Meg Moseman. It featured 4 genius college kids calling up Charles Williams and together defeating an evil AI corporation called Babel. It was almost a work of genius. Alas, it fell down in the end. #reading #books #Inklings
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What are you reading? I've just finished SEX ON THE MOON and am reading TAMBIKA AND THE SHIELD OF WISDOM by @theplungewithderekholser, among many other books.
#nonfiction #youngadult #fantasy #novel #novels #november
#nonfiction #youngadult #fantasy #novel #novels #november
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What are you reading? I've just finished SEX ON THE MOON and am reading TAMBIKA AND THE SHIELD OF WISDOM by @theplungewithderekholser, among many other books.
#nonfiction #youngadult #fantasy #novel #novels #november
#nonfiction #youngadult #fantasy #novel #novels #november
New podcast episode today! "What I've Learned about What Words Do" youtu.be/arX2Ifx8ufY?... via @YouTube #words #rhetoric #politics #religion #SpeechAct
(I'm still learning editing techniques, so please forgive the not-quite-perfect audio!)
(I'm still learning editing techniques, so please forgive the not-quite-perfect audio!)
What I've Learned about What Words Do
YouTube video by Dr. Sørina Higgins
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November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New podcast episode today! "What I've Learned about What Words Do" youtu.be/arX2Ifx8ufY?... via @YouTube #words #rhetoric #politics #religion #SpeechAct
(I'm still learning editing techniques, so please forgive the not-quite-perfect audio!)
(I'm still learning editing techniques, so please forgive the not-quite-perfect audio!)
Brand-new podcast episode drops tomorrow! "What I've Learned About What Words Do." youtube.com/shorts/d_vlm... #podcast #words #speechact #religion #politics #rhetoric
Four Ways of Interpreting News
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Brand-new podcast episode drops tomorrow! "What I've Learned About What Words Do." youtube.com/shorts/d_vlm... #podcast #words #speechact #religion #politics #rhetoric
#Inklings scholars, passionate amateurs, and future scholars: Don't forget about this list of projects that need to be done. Look at it to decide what to research next or to inspire your students to get into Inklings Studies!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Future Inklings Projects
Inklings Projects that Need Doing Introduction 2 Manuscripts that need publication 3 General Inklings & Studies of Multiple Members 4 Full-length, academic studies 4 on The Inklings and… 4 Other full-...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#Inklings scholars, passionate amateurs, and future scholars: Don't forget about this list of projects that need to be done. Look at it to decide what to research next or to inspire your students to get into Inklings Studies!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Is there Middle-english verse in Narnia? youtube.com/shorts/9Rsvi...
#inklings #cslewis #literature #Tolkien #Narnia #books #reading #readingcommunity
#inklings #cslewis #literature #Tolkien #Narnia #books #reading #readingcommunity
Is there Middle-English Verse in Narnia?
YouTube video by Dr. Sørina Higgins
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Is there Middle-english verse in Narnia? youtube.com/shorts/9Rsvi...
#inklings #cslewis #literature #Tolkien #Narnia #books #reading #readingcommunity
#inklings #cslewis #literature #Tolkien #Narnia #books #reading #readingcommunity
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PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK is an astonishing documentary, not least because it is video calls filmed on another phone. Its main participant, Fatima Hassouna, died in an Israeli airstrike the day after the film was accepted to Cannes. I urge you to see it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...
‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’: An Extraordinary Voice (and Film)
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK is an astonishing documentary, not least because it is video calls filmed on another phone. Its main participant, Fatima Hassouna, died in an Israeli airstrike the day after the film was accepted to Cannes. I urge you to see it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by C.S. Lewis, please visit my playlist "Narnian Insights" and check out the little glimpses I give into the depths hidden in this children's book: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Narnian Insights - YouTube
Snippets about historical context, sources, archetypes, themes, and applicability from C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by C.S. Lewis, please visit my playlist "Narnian Insights" and check out the little glimpses I give into the depths hidden in this children's book: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...