Monthly Archives: February 2012

Castles in the Air: A Teen’s Dream of Publishing

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Throughout their entire lives, C.S. (Jack) Lewis and his good friend Arthur Greeves carry on a conversation about books. But they also had a conversation about writing with one another. Jack sent Arthur his early work–a chapter in each letter, … Continue reading →

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What is a Star? The Ramandu Quote in “The Dawn Treader”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

With my seven-year-old I am reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis’ third Narnian chronicle. Every time I read it, this scene jumps out at me both in its imaginative dept–“I am not so old now as I … Continue reading →

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(Re-Post) A Virtual Mentor: My Review of the C.S. Lewis Class at RTS by Knox Chamblin

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I received news yesterday that Dr. Knox Chamblin of Reformed Theological Seminary had passed away after battling cancer. I truly enjoyed his C.S. Lewis class (available free on iTunesU), so I decided to republish this blog to encourage readers to … Continue reading →

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70th Anniversary of the Screwtape Letters: A Nefarious Nod to our Favourite Degenerate Demon

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I am never great at remembering birthdays (my mother-in-law’s b’day is tomorrow) or Valentine’s Day (as I wrote about here, pp. ), but I remembered that obscure anniversary that is the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Screwtape Letters … Continue reading →

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Screwtape Writes Again: A Note on Contemporary Screwtape Letters

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I have the opportunity to use C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters in an undergraduate class. One of the assignments that I give them is to create a “Screwtape Letter for a New Generation”—their own, unique, contemporary spiritual formation advice or … Continue reading →

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Lewis’ Teenage Social Conscience

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Lewis was no socialist–by the time he was entrenched into Oxford university life after the war, he called them “damn socialists”–but there is a moment in his letters as an 18 year old where we see the hint of social … Continue reading →

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Link: Screwtape Proposes a Toast from the Saturday Evening Post (1959)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Nearly two decades after the work that secured his fame as a public Christian intellectual, C.S. Lewis wrote a follow up to The Screwtape Letters. I have read that Lewis was repeatedly asked to create a Screwtape sequel, but it … Continue reading →

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