What a Eucatastrophe!

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 10 a.m.

In a letter to his son, author J.R.R. Tolkien coined a term that in his mind described what makes a story great - eucatastrophe! A good catastrophe. He defined his word as a happy turn in a story that brings one to tears of joy. Tolkien compared the euphoria of eucatastrophe to the joyous relief of an out-of-joint limb suddenly snapped back into place. Join me to experience the euphoria of the eucatastrophes God is causing in our stories!