Stick your finger in a bucket of water. Pull it out. Try to find the hole you left. It’s a humbling illustration of how insignificant we truly are, or at least how it appears and feels that we are in life—sometimes. Today, I went to the online memorial of a mighty-man of God. He died … More How Do We Measure Significance?
On February 10, 1938, The Oxford Magazine published this poem by C.S. Lewis. Lewis had a lifelong desire to be a poet. Yet, as his career and fame grew, it was never to be realized. Still, he periodically would try his hand at the craft. This poem is one of his more successful. Chanson D’Adventure … More C.S. Lewis Poem about More than Spring
Forgive me. I am thinking out loud again. I am trying to figure out what I think about a concept and have to either talk about it or write about it to get any clarity. And I need help. I need someone to hear me think so that I can imagine what they would say … More Sitting in Panera and Finding Wisdom, I Think
C.S. Lewis was a democrat (small “d”). He wasn’t a part of a political party. He was speaking of the concept of citizen participation in government as opposed to monarchy or dictatorships. It strikes me as not only true but also as a very good argument for small government. What do you think? “I am … More C.S. Lewis, on Why He Was a democrat
Have you read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit? Stay tuned for a story about the Tolkien’s problems in writing the books. I’m 2,000 words into the writing of a short story inspired by a professor I knew 35 years ago, a book I read 30 years ago, a wonderful church in … More Writing is a Confounding Work
Too many of us have had friends or family members who have suffered the cost of crippling addictions. We have watched helplessly as people we love destroy their marriages, their potential and their health and nearly every relationship and good thing in their lives by the enslavement of their passions for drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, … More Hugging Death for Life
Long overdue, it is finally available for free download. These indexes feed my “inner book geekiness”. I hate books that do not have indexes, especially when the book is wonderful, or thought provoking. Included in these indexes for the 1980 MacMillian edition (One of the covers for which is pictured to the right) are: Authors and … More Indexes to The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses is Finally Done
I am working on finishing up an index to the some the classic works of Western civilization. The one I am working on now is C.S. Lewis’s The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses. It is not too much to say that the output of C.S. Lewis has shaped the last 100 years in ways … More Brilliant Illustration from C.S. Lewis
Today, the July letter from the C.S. Lewis Institute arrived. I’m going to quote it at some length because the excerpt from Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer is so helpful. But before I do, I want to provide a link to an index for the book that readers might find helpful as well. This particular … More C.S. Lewis Invites Us into the Lord’s Prayer
In his book, Miracles, C.S. Lewis nears the conclusion of his 14th chapter with these words, “In science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.” The book is worth rereading, and reading with an unhurried and reflective wonder. And today, on your walk, or even … More Science and Christianity
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