***Well not exactly, but, like Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and many others across the centuries, Lewis’ subsequent reflection upon his own conversion included punctiliar, durative and progressive dimensions. He may have been Surprised By Joy in 1931 but, as George Sayer has put it, Lewis “began to believe in a nebulous power outside himself” in […]

***Yes! Yes! That’s exactly it! He’s captured it! My experience exactly! We read to know we are not alone, Lewis taught us. Very often I pause when reading Lewis and let the book drop to my lap or I turn from the open book to gaze out the window to savor what has just happened. […]

***Why sure. If I could believe the Bible with traditionalist, evangelical, Vacation Bible School naiveté without having to shove my brains in my pocket to git ’er done, I’d ah done it years ago. But I’m all growed up now, what with all the book-larnin and post-enlightenment storying and postmodern profanity and verb conjugating and […]

We are at war—in Afghanistan, in Iraq, around the globe against terrorists of varying stripes. Can C.S Lewis speak pertinent words to us in the time of war? I think so.
C.S. Lewis fought (and amazingly, also wrote poetry) in one of the most uniquely horrific contexts in the history of warfare—the Trenches of World War […]

C.S. Lewis said, “We read to know we are not alone.” If that is so then, apparently, millions feel impressively accompanied upon reading what Lewis wrote. And we shouldn’t be surprised at this. Who comes away from Surprised by Joy without the sensation of having gazed into a mirror of their own soul? Who among […]