The capture of Frodo - according to Rankin-Bass in 1980 (yet, sadly, not how I imagined it)
Over at the Notion Club Papers, and using an example from The Lord of the Rings, I discuss how no situation is ever hopeless, and no situation ever justifies despair - for one who inhabits the divinely created world of a good God.
And, on the other hand, it is despair itself that cuts us off from valid grounds for hope.
