Skip to content
HeyJared

Disturber of Hobbits' Substack

Where life-long Jesus-followers come for fresh bread and challenging biblical thoughts about headlines and daily life. Disturber of hobbits, making Christians continually late for dinner.

Newsletter · By Lori Roeleveld · English · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
10
Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 3, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Lewis, Aslan, Greta, and Streep (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    “The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity.’ The child enjoys his cold meat, otherwise dull to him, by pretending it is buffalo, just killed with his own bow and arrow. And the child is wise. The real meat comes back to him more savory for having been dipped in a story…by putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it

  2. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    You’re Sick of Me Already, Aren’t You (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    I live in fear that people will get sick of me.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1148" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KEuE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c

  3. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    Mercy, Murder, Mental Health, and Justice (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    Murder garners attention.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1030" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Csi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%

  4. Issue · Aug 14, 2026

    When Did You Start Hiding (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

    Read excerpt

    “It’s a strange day when you realize you’ve become the top branch on your family tree.”<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1448" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FEZw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pr

  5. Issue · Aug 10, 2026

    It Wasn't About Food (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    My father loved nothing more than to feed people.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1032" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-8Xm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Disturber of Hobbits' Substack