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Category Archives: Reflections
What Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress Teaches us about English and Education
One of my first posts on A Pilgrim in Narnia was the confession that I had not really ever read John Bunyan’s classic The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678). I’m pretty sure I had pretended to read it. I had played the … Continue reading
“Exegesis of the Soul” A Reflective Response to Frederick Buechner’s Memoirs
C.S. Lewis was part of a WWII-era literary group called the Inklings that included authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Roger Lancelyn Green. Among those that I might consider “Honourary Inklings,” Frederick Buechner has, for me, pride of place. … Continue reading
Shaking Off the Ailments of a Troublesome Term
C.S. Lewis begins a March 31, 1928 letter to his father: “I have succeeded, at last, in shaking off the ailments of one of the most troublesome terms I have yet had.” As I read that line I immediately understood … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis Biography, Reflections
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Exhaustion, Marking Papers, Reading, Teaching, University, writing
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Orwellian Advice
Reblogged from Mere Inkling: The title of this post is slightly misleading. In truth, it does contains advice from Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) whose pen name was George Orwell. However, because of the impact of his two dystopian classics, Nineteen … Continue reading
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“Habemas Papem!” C.S. Lewis on Catholicism
Today’s election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis I has any of us with even the slimmest connection to Roman Catholicism tapping on our iPhones or opening up TweetDeck. It has been a wonderful clash of … Continue reading
A Read-Aloud Post for World Read Aloud Day: Reading the Hobbit
March 6th is World Read Aloud Day! I wrote a read-aloud post last fall for the Hobbit Read-Along, a merry fellowship of nine writers. When I began the blog project, I didn’t account for the fact that I would be reading … Continue reading
Reconsidering Apologetics
Besides being a children’s author, essayist, fantasy writer, and literary critic, C.S. Lewis was also a Christian apologist. “Apologetics,” as the discipline is called, is the artistic science of logically defending belief. Lewis was doing apologetics on the BBC during … Continue reading
My Santa Manifesto (Santa: Don’t Read This!)
This article appeared first in the Nov/Dec 2011 edition of Island Family Magazine. Few figures stir up as much controversy in certain circles as Santa Claus. You may find it hard to imagine why this jolly old elf inspires any … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Reflections
Tagged C.S. L, Christmas, Father Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien, myth, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Santa Claus, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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C.S. Lewis’s Faerie Lecture, and a Prince Edward Island Folktale
C.S. Lewis gave a lecture on Faeries at the oldest and (arguably) most prestigious university in the English world. He did this lecture often, and he did it with a straight face. It is, of course, perfectly normal for universities … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged books, faerie, fairy tales, folklore, George MacDonald, literature, medieval literature, Milton, myth, Oxford, Prince Edward Island, renaissance literature, Spenser
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