Andy Shamel
@andyshamel.bsky.social
Episcopal priest • theologian • inveterate nerd: Tolkien, TTRPGs, M:tG • father of two • Oxford, UK
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
Boil ‘im, mash ‘im, make ‘im into glue.
(Too soon?)
(Too soon?)
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Boil ‘im, mash ‘im, make ‘im into glue.
(Too soon?)
(Too soon?)
Happy Gondorian new year!
On this day, the Ringbearer completed his task, Sauron was defeated, and the foundations of Barad-Dûr were broken.
Let us remember Frodo’s words in Rivendell, when we are unsure how things might ever be mended or remade: “I will go, though I do not know the way.”
On this day, the Ringbearer completed his task, Sauron was defeated, and the foundations of Barad-Dûr were broken.
Let us remember Frodo’s words in Rivendell, when we are unsure how things might ever be mended or remade: “I will go, though I do not know the way.”
March 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Gondorian new year!
On this day, the Ringbearer completed his task, Sauron was defeated, and the foundations of Barad-Dûr were broken.
Let us remember Frodo’s words in Rivendell, when we are unsure how things might ever be mended or remade: “I will go, though I do not know the way.”
On this day, the Ringbearer completed his task, Sauron was defeated, and the foundations of Barad-Dûr were broken.
Let us remember Frodo’s words in Rivendell, when we are unsure how things might ever be mended or remade: “I will go, though I do not know the way.”
My favourite cookbook (does it show?)
Do you have a cookbook you’ve loved into dissolution?
Do you have a cookbook you’ve loved into dissolution?
March 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My favourite cookbook (does it show?)
Do you have a cookbook you’ve loved into dissolution?
Do you have a cookbook you’ve loved into dissolution?
I'm doing my best not to comment on every little (or big) thing that comes out of the White House these days. However, when it's something that touches directly on my actual areas of expertise, I cannot stay silent.
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February 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm doing my best not to comment on every little (or big) thing that comes out of the White House these days. However, when it's something that touches directly on my actual areas of expertise, I cannot stay silent.
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That said, the description I got is pretty spot on
January 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
That said, the description I got is pretty spot on
I help children hallucinate properly when staring at ink and dead trees.
December 31, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I help children hallucinate properly when staring at ink and dead trees.
A lesser-known moment in the nativity story: Joseph takes Jesus around the block to get him to sleep so Mary can have five bloody minutes peace and quiet. (She looks so happy)
December 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
A lesser-known moment in the nativity story: Joseph takes Jesus around the block to get him to sleep so Mary can have five bloody minutes peace and quiet. (She looks so happy)
It doesn’t take very many days of rising at 5am to make you see that Pippin had a point.
December 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM
It doesn’t take very many days of rising at 5am to make you see that Pippin had a point.
What can I say? I like some lowkey tavern music while I work.
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM
What can I say? I like some lowkey tavern music while I work.
Absolutely blowing the minds of some of my pupils putting an Apple sticker on my windows Surface. “But sir! How do you have an Apple Windows tablet?!?”
December 2, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Absolutely blowing the minds of some of my pupils putting an Apple sticker on my windows Surface. “But sir! How do you have an Apple Windows tablet?!?”
I appreciate the compassion and the challenge of this response
November 24, 2024 at 8:53 AM
I appreciate the compassion and the challenge of this response
November 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
In an act of shameless self-promotion, to anyone at AAR, just wanted to recommend a new book available now at the Cambridge University Press booth!
My first book: Theology and the Mythic Sensibility: Human Myth-Making and Divine Creativity.
#aarsbl2024
My first book: Theology and the Mythic Sensibility: Human Myth-Making and Divine Creativity.
#aarsbl2024
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
In an act of shameless self-promotion, to anyone at AAR, just wanted to recommend a new book available now at the Cambridge University Press booth!
My first book: Theology and the Mythic Sensibility: Human Myth-Making and Divine Creativity.
#aarsbl2024
My first book: Theology and the Mythic Sensibility: Human Myth-Making and Divine Creativity.
#aarsbl2024