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
What might C.S. Lewis say about activism on climate change? Of course, I don’t know. But the following quote from his address to the Pacifist Society of Britain in 1940 might point in the general direction. He was invited to speak to them concerning the war. I don’t know what the audience’s response was to … More What Might C. S. Lewis Say About Activism on Climate Change?
C. S. Lewis had been asked to put the Second World War and education in perspective. How could the life of the mind thrive in the face of war? How could Europe, do anything that was not directly related to defeating the Nazi evil sweeping the continent? Does education still have a place? How can … More Nero’s True Tragedy
I am continuing my reread of the classic collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, THE WEIGHT OF GLORY AND OTHER ADDRESSES. The two paragraphs below are actually just a portion from one long paragraph that is almost two pages long! They are among two of the most quoted passages Lewis ever wrote but are even … More Thinking About Glory, and Neighbors and Christmas
Most educated men and women know that C. S. Lewis had a mind aflame for God and Christ. His was a brilliant mind and it is thrilling to know that such a man was “on our side”, so to speak. But perhaps many of us have known some great minds, great intellects that seemed devoid … More C. S. Lewis, a Mind and Heart in Love with Christ
Read Psalm 37 (especially verses 1-8) 4 Delight yourself in the LORD; . … And He will give you the desires of your heart. ………….. (Psalm 37:4) What does verse 4 … More “I Call These Noises Silence”
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