“The Power of Story – Telling a Story Within a Story” – Mythic Scribes, May 2016

“Frodo, Sam and the Valar” – The Fellowship of the King, March 2016. Originally appeared in Amon Hen, January 2015.

“The Effect of War on Tolkien’s Mythology” – Amon Hen, March 2016

“‘I Have Something To Do Before the End’: The Journey of Samwise the Stouthearted” – Journey & Destinations, The 22nd Tolkien Society Seminar (2009), published 2015.

“‘Where Shall I Find Rest?’: “The Sea-Bell” and the Post-Traumatic Stress of Frodo Baggins” – TolkienBritta, October 2015 

Hearkening to the Horns of Hope and Love: What The Lord of the Rings Teaches Us For Today – TolkienBritta, November 2014

“How To Write Captivating Villains” – Mythic Scribes, October 2014

“What Hobbits Can Teach Us, Part 3” – This  concerns Sam. TolkienBritta, September 2014

“5 Ways to Build Stronger Characters” – Mythic Scribes, July 2014

“What Hobbits Can Teach Us, Part 2” – This is what Frodo teaches us – TolkienBritta, May 2014

“What Hobbits Can Teach Us, Part 1” – This is about Bilbo. TolkienBritta, April 2014

“The Role of the Narrator in Tolkien and Lewis” – Beyond Bree, April 2014

“Tookish Dreams” – TolkienBritta, March 2014

“There is always hope: Lessons from Middle Earth” – Amon Hen #246, March 2014.

“5 Reasons Why Narration Can Work in Fiction” – Mythic Scribes, March 2014

“Creation and Sub-Creation in Narnia and The Timeless Halls” – Beyond Bree, February 2014

“The Enigmatic Presence of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry” – Amon Hen #244, December 2013. Also available in French.

“Dragons and the Imaginative Mind of J. R. R. Tolkien” – Mythic Scribes, November 2013

“It was Pity that Stayed His Hand” – Silver Leaves #4, 2013

“Eucatastrophe, Fate, and Free Will in the Lives of Beren and Lúthien” – Beyond Bree, July 2013

“The Perilous and Wondrous Realm of Faërie” – Mythic Scribes, June 2013

“On Grace” – Beyond Bree, December 2012

“My Brother’s Keeper: The Spiritual Kinship of Frodo and Sméagol” – Amon Hen #238, November 2012

“One Lucky Hobbit: The Spiritual Journey of Bilbo Baggins” – Beyond Bree, July 2012

“The Sacrifice of Frodo” – Amon Hen #236, July 2012

“The Measure of Love”  and “Heart of Darkness”– Silver Leaves #4, 2012

“‘You have been chosen’: The Spiritual Journey of Frodo of the Shire” – StAR (St. Austin Review), January 2012.  An extended version was presented at the 2010 Tolkien Society Seminar in Australia.

“Did Frodo Fail?” – Beyond Bree, April 2011

“Hope” – Silver Leaves #3, 2009/2010

“A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor” – Beyond Bree, September 2010

“The Fiat of Ilúvatar’s Children During the War of the Ring” – Presented at the 2008 Tolkien Society Seminar. Published in 2012.