Puddleglum had it right. Obey the Word of God regardless of how it seems that things will turn out. Of all C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair, is my favorite. At one point in the Silver Chair the…
The Paradox of Repentance
Cornelius Plantinga: It’s hard to repent. And while it’s hard enough to repent before a perfect God, it’s even harder to repent before an imperfect human being. To admit that you have injured or neglected another person, then to go…
47 years ago today Lewis, Kennedy, and Huxley all died
Justin Taylor points out: C. S. Lewis—one week shy of his 65th birthday—collapsed and died at 5:30 PM (GMT) at his residence at The Kilns, outside Oxford, England. Two hours later, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas,…
Alan Jacobs: pockets and watches
Alan Jacobs explains why he prefers 5 pocket jeans and in the process shares memories to which many can relate. I try to wear jeans or jeans-like trousers whenever possible — “five-pocket style,” it’s sometimes called, the fifth being the…
C.S. Lewis tips on writing
A post on Lewis on writing: In 1959 an American schoolgirl wrote to C. S. Lewis asking him for advice on the craft of writing. He sent her a list of eight rules, and I add my own editorial comments…
Your longings for something more, indicate there’s something more
In a talk on C.S. Lewis, John Piper shared that both Tolkien and Lewis believed that the chord stories strike with the depths of our being are a clue that there is a true story. Notice especially the bold. One…
Sensucht for your Saturday
Doesn’t this scene capture a certain sensucht – a longing of the soul . . . what Lewis called “joy” in a technical sense . . . ?
Feeling a little down as the Season comes to an end?
I think the reason many are depressed over the holidays is because they do not know how to interpret the yearnings of their soul. I don’t suppose that there is anyone who has not experienced yearnings or longings of the…
C.S. Lewis on “Shadow-Lands” and the beginning of the great holiday
C.S. Lewis: When Aslan said you could never go back to Narnia, he meant the Narnia you were thinking of. But that was not the real Narnia. That had a beginning and an end. It was only a shadow or…
It’s Saturday! Why not read something? Literature Enlarges Our Being
C.S. Lewis: “Literature enlarges our being by admitting us to experiences not our own. They may be beautiful, terrible, awe-inspiring, exhilarating, pathetic, comic, or merely piquant. Literature gives the entree to them all. Those of us who have been true…