There Is More to Life Than We Knew
One of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes comes from a little-known letter. In 1958, Lewis was savoring the remaining time he had with his wife, Joy, who was ill. He wrote to a friend, “my...
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How Carl Sagan Strengthened My Faith
I’m about 37 years behind on this, but I finally got around to reading Carl Sagan’s Contact (it was originally published in 1980, and made into a film in 1997). I was interested in the...
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Just Babies Making Up a Game
One of my favorite passages in all of literature is Puddleglum’s response to the Lady of the Green Kirtle in The Silver Chair. The Lady (an evil sorceress) has several characters trapped underground, and with...
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My Three Favorite C.S. Lewis Poems
C.S. Lewis’ prose is far more acclaimed than his poetry. But poetry was always important to him. He wrote poems continuously from age 14 until his death; his first publications were poetry (Spirits in Bondage,...
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The Overcoming of Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird
When Harper Lee passed away a few weeks ago, I pulled out my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird (Grand Central 1960) and re-read it for the first time since 1999. I haven’t followed the...
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A Tribute to Jurassic Park on the Occasion of its 25th Anniversary
This summer I re-read Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. I read it for the first time along with The Lost World back in 8th grade, and so reading it again was fun and brought back old...
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How Should Writers and Editors Work Together?
The writer-editor relationship can be a delicate one. I’ve had the opportunity to sit in both seats, and I know the frustrations that can develop on each side. Here are 5 reflections or pieces of...
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The Psychology of Law and Grace in Les Mis
For both the legalist and the lawbreaker, the experience of grace is agony. But it is a sweet agony for those who know they need it. So: are we fundamentally self-presuming or fundamentally self-despairing? Is...
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Clarity Needs Humility
C.S. Lewis was an accomplished academic. He taught at Oxford and then Cambridge, and wrote several significant academic works that are still highly regarded today (The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, English Literature in...
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