Only in this way can we be politically realistic, and steel ourselves for the potential upheaval which World War III, for instance, will represent for every sector of society. More
Tag Archives: C.S. Lewis
What Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Gray Champion’ Can Teach Us Today
The nameless voice in the 1689 Boston crowd prays, in the short story ‘The Gray Champion,’ as men have entreated God in earlier times, as well as in the times since.More
Five Out of Five Mullets Return to Valheim
My four older sons and I returned this week to Valheim, the wonderful world of Viking survival, to begin again with our characters where we left off. We were not disappointed. More
J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis on Walt Disney and Fairy Tales
Once upon a time, the creators of the beloved fantasy worlds of Narnia and Middle Earth went together to see Walt Disney’s Snow White when it was in theaters – and they hated it.More
All The Books I Read This Past Year – Part II
Picking up where we left off in our last episode, the remaining 30 titles I finished in 2021 were as follows. From this list, hopefully you will draw some inspiration and ideas for your own reading list in the year ahead.More
All The Books I Read This Past Year – Part I
Perhaps in the course of this rundown you will get some inspiration to join me on Goodreads and set a reading goal for 2022. Or maybe you will just get some good ideas for titles you might be interested in reading, or not reading, in the year ahead.More
Priestesses in the Church, by C.S. Lewis
Yes, willingness is an important component. But even more important is calling and qualification, as well as necessity. More
Nudity in The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis wrote a series of three science fiction novels known as The Space Trilogy. Out of the Silent Planet (1938), Perelandria: A Novel (1943), and That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-ups (1945) are the three works in the series. All three at least were free with Audible Plus when I picked them up late last year, and…More
Choosing The Seventh Audiobook
I try to maintain seven audiobooks in my queue at all times. With having recently finished Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham, however, there is now an open slot. At the time of this recording, my current reading list includes the following titles: Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price The Church History by Eusebius,…More