Monthly Archives: January 2014

“From Middle Earth to the Garden of Eden” An Inklings Class (by Distance)

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am excited to announce that I have a class on culture and ideas beginning tonight called, “From Middle Earth to the Garden of Eden: Thoughts on Faith and Culture from C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.” Most of you don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Alister McGrath, C.S. Lewis, culture, fantasy, Frederick Buechner, George MacDonald, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Middle Earth, myth, Narnia, The Hobbit, theology | 17 Comments

Great Links: Joel Heck’s C.S. Lewis Site and Calendar

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

As part of my Great Links occasional feature, Joel Heck’s website is certainly worth highlighting. Dr. Heck is a theology and Bible professor at the Concordia University of Texas and a long time reader of C.S. Lewis. I have reviewed … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged C.S. Lewis, calendar, chronology, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Great Links, joel heck, Walter Hooper, Warren Lewis | 15 Comments

Art as a Battle, and a Dozen Other Things

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

It is a new image for me, the idea of art as a battle. Writing is not that for me. It is hard, to be sure. Some of my most difficult moments are in the sculpting of images into words. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged art, imagination, Lily Briscoe, literature, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, writing, WWI | 12 Comments

A Small Circle of Blog Friends

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

As we slide into this New Year, I thought I would share some of the other bloggers and websites I’m networked with. Thanks to WordPress stats, I can track these things pretty easily. Here is my small circle of blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, News & Links | Tagged blogger, Blogging, books, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, children's literature, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, Tolkien | 16 Comments

2013 in Review (Some Weird Stats from the WordPress People)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 49,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →