Above: front cover elements. Below: Some page spreads.

Eventual plans are to update my LOTR Collector Notes fansite and other media-related fansites. Lots of notes from over the years to compile and post about related literature, movies, press kits and promotional materials, licensed products, etc.

* A range of potential actions in pushing back against malignant individuals and toxic infrastructures in a Pyramid of Abuse.

I hope you'll find this post and the follow-up series stimulates your thinking about sick versus healthy systems, and how we can resist those that are toxic.

* How a person at any level in a Pyramid might reach a crisis of conscience, and the options that forces the Conflicted to face.

* Processes of discerning and deciding on direction, going forward.

* Agents of Damage, Agents of Healing, and creating a Circle of Support for Survivors.

I've looked for patterns in decisions I was confronted with when I realized I was in a toxic system. I've cataloged the kinds of resistance actions I took both inside and outside of those organizations. I've worked on a follow-up series that tentatively delves into these topics:

Part of what's taken so long is doing a deep dive into 5 major experiences I've endured of spiritual abuse in churches, church plants, Christian non-profits. These totaled 20 of the last 50 years. (Thankfully, these were countered by years in much healthier ministry settings.)

Finally, finally ... an updated version! For 6+ months, I've worked on a blog series updating this graphic, then focusing on what I used to call "Loyal Opposition" but have renamed the "Conflicted" (those inside a toxic system that have to decide how to resist its domination).

I've collected several recipes for Lembas bread and will be baking a few of them, and testing to see which do the best at sustaining us.

The big question is, does Breakfast require four pieces ... ?

Long Night's Journey Into Day -- shares four stories of violence that occurred during the South African Apartheid era and were addressed during the country's post-Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and explores the necessity of forgiveness.

www.justwatch.com/us/movie/lon...