Monthly Archives: November 2012

Marching as to War: C.S. Lewis on His Way to the Front Line

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

As I began to read C.S. Lewis’ wartime letters in 1917-1918 (The Collected Letters, vol. 1), I was struck by the casual tone of his experience. On Remembrance Day in Canada, we consider the weight of the soldiers’ sacrifices for … Continue reading →

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Giving Voice to the Story: On Reading the Hobbit Aloud to my Son

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

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The Most Important Part: A Plea to American Christians on Election Day

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Americans will go to the polls today and will elect “the leader of the free world”—the promotion the President of the United States gets in Hollywood films. As a denizen of this same free world, I am surprisingly unable to … Continue reading →

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Prewriting for NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

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 →

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