
Men of the West is a work of masculine formation rooted in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, calling men toward brotherhood, virtue, and strength under Christ. Written by Ryan S. Matchett, husband, father of five, and Anglican priest on Vancouver Island.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly | |
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| Issues | 37 | Founded | 6 months ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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This week we are excited to welcome our friend, Patrick Lawrence, from Ringfolk to answer the wizard question we get asked the most; who are the Blue Wizards and what happened to them?
Art by Ted Nasmith
One of m...
Why Gandalf comes lowly and leaves others stronger
Welcome back to Men of the West.
I have been asked for my take on Andy Serkis’s recent comments about diversity in The Hunt for Gollum. Unlike the exhausting controversy surrounding Nolan’s The Odyssey, this is not just unnecessary c...
I’ve come to think of myself as a bit of a dwarf, and Tolkien’s collected works, made up of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, private letters, unfinished tales, and other scholarly works, as a great mountain.
Deep within that mountain, I...
I’m not supposed to be writing this. It’s my last few days of vacation and I’ve been trying to take a break from writing and teaching to really give my brain a rest after a very big year. But a new Jackass movie came out and I haven’t been...
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Men of the West is a work of masculine formation rooted in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, calling men toward brotherhood, virtue, and strength under Christ. Written by Ryan S. Matchett, husband, father of five, and Anglican priest on Vancouver Island.
My true home is somewhere in Middle-earth. Thinker, reader, pastor. Tolkien scholar. Creator of Ringfolk.
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