Monthly Archives: September 2014

Wow, What a Fall!

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Or a trip–choose your double entendre. I have been impeccably busy these last few weeks, so that family meals have been like Gatorade cups in a marathon, and my garden has started to engulf the neighbour’s Buick. The wood is … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged academic, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Inklings, ISRLC, literature, Oxford, Ransom Trilogy, Teaching, The Screwtape Letters, theology, writing | 8 Comments

Falling Towers and Failing Courage: The Sleeping Giant a Decade after 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

How have we moved and grown in our reflection on 9/11? My family walked through the 9/11 site a couple of summers ago, the great testament of this experience to Lower Manhattan’s story. Tourists streamed through, office workers streamed by, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, BBC, C.S. Lewis, Canada, courage, honor, Iraq, ISIS, Mere Christianity, President Obama, retreat, shame, war, WWI, WWII | 13 Comments

10 Great Quotations for International Literacy Day

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Some Inspiration for International Literacy Day! Interesting Literature Today is International Literacy Day! What better time, then, to celebrate some of the wisest, wittiest, pithiest, silliest, and most profound things that writers have ever said about literature and reading? The … Continue reading →