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Giving Voice to the Story: On Reading the Hobbit Aloud to my Son
This blog is part of The Hobbit Read-Along at The Warden’s Walk. I’ve been assigned Chapter 14: Fire and Water. Feel free to comment on any of the great blogs in the series. When I jumped into the Hobbit Read-Along, … Continue reading
Prewriting for NaNoWriMo
I think for most of us the appearance of books in a bookstore is a completely magical process. We know that somewhere—perhaps in a building behind the store, or on a fantasy island with high speed wireless internet—authors are suffering … Continue reading
How I Learned to Speak British, or A Review of David Downing’s “Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel”
I find myself in the rather delicate position of critiquing the personal work of one with whom I’ve supped—ah, there it is, I’ve caught myself speaking in 1940s Oxford English again. It has been slipping out lately, I’m afraid. Given … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dan Brown, david downing, festival antigonish, Harry Potter, Inklings, literature, Madonna, Oxford, Ransom Trilogy, Space Trilogy, The Great Divorce, Tolkien
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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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Pilgrims and Slaves in the Valley of Contemporary Culture
To wander into C.S. Lewis’ fictional worlds is almost always to accompany characters on a journey in that world. All the Narnian stories, I think, have characters on long treks, moving from one place to another. It might be the … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughtful Essays
Tagged Bilbo, C.S. Lewis, Frodo, journey, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, pilgrim, The Hobbit, The Horse and His Boy, Tolkien
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The Marion E. Wade Center: An Archive Review
Though I’ve written dozens of book and album reviews, I’m certain I’ve never reviewed a library before. The Marion E. Wade Center, however, is not just another library. Housed at Wheaton College in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, The Wade … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged archive, books, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Chicago, George MacDonald, library, literature, Marion E. Wade Center, The Screwtape Letters, Tolkien, Wheaton College
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C.S. Lewis “On Three Ways of Writing for Children”
I’m pleased to see this influential essay provided by CatholicCulture.org. Here, Lewis puts critiques authors who are trying to write in a condescending or market-driven way for children, and gives great advice about writing for children, specifically, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis' Essays
Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Tolkien, writing, Writing for Children
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Love, Actually: Pat Robertson vs. C.S. Lewis on Real Love
Recently Pat Robertson has hit the media with a crazy statement. Some of you may not be surprised. When he’s not calling on American military to perform an assassination or suggesting that the gay pride parade in Orlando might be … Continue reading
Imaginary Worlds: A Review of Bridge to Terabithia
Imaginary worlds are common trade now. Our world is linked to others through secret passages or magic portholes or, in the case of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (the Golden Compass) the worlds are bridged by intricate tears in the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bridge to Terabithia, C.S. Lewis, culture, Death, film vs. book, imagination, Madeleine L'Engle, myth, Newberry, Philip Pullman, the Narnian, 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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