Welcome to Durnhelm Forest, the secret home of heroic essays that boldly explore the ideas and themes in a few of my favorite books and cartoons. I'm a huge fan of C.S. Lewis and his children's fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia", and J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" It's amazing how understandable the main ideas of Christianity become when illustrated through a fantasy or adventure story. This site is dedicated to essays I have written about some of my favorite books and cartoons that contain Biblical allegory or elements that lend themselves to an explaination of the ideas behind the Bible and the Christian faith. C.S. Lewis says that fairy tales and adventure stories are so psychologically powerful because the stuggles they present offer glimpses at spiritual truths. Maybe that's why these, and other adventure stories have had such an effect on me and many others- there's some truth to them and their continuous "Good vs. Evil" struggles.