5 December 2021 | II Sunday of Advent | Menlo Park, Calif.

With finals week upon us and the end of the semester in sight, we discuss just why there must be monsters in Beowulf - and another Tolkien tale dealing with dragons! Also: 3 points for meditation during this brief and beautiful season as we hurtle headlong toward Christmas.

Opening music: “There is no rose,” composed by Phillip Stopford, sung by Truro Cathedral Choir, dir. Christopher Gray, 2018. All rights reserved.