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The Road Goes Ever On: An Inklings Sermon
I preached this sermon at Cornwall Christian Church on July 15, 2012. I am a leader at Cornwall Church and get to preach 2-3 times a year. I decided to take a risk with this one, and write a literary … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays
Tagged Abraham, Bible, Bilbo, C.S. Lewis, Frederick Buechner, Frodo, journey, Martin Luther, pilgrim, Pilgrim's Progress, pilgrimmage, road, St. Augustine, The Horse and His Boy, Tolkien
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The Pilgrim’s Regress and the Reader’s Progress
As much as I always love it, reading Lewis occasionally reminds me of how I’m so deficient in “the literary canon”—the great pieces of literature that everyone has read; a.k.a., the books I should have read already. All too often … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Blake, C.S. Lewis, Chaim Potok, E.B. White, Flaubert, George MacDonald, Giller Award, heaven, hell, Jane Austin, Kafka, Lemony Snicket, Newberry, Paulo Coehlo, Pilgrim's Progress, Pilgrim's Regress, pretentious, Shel Silverstein, Steinbeck, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Tolkien
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