Monthly Archives: November 2014

What Did C.S. Lewis do on his Birthdays? An Eleventy-Sixth Birthday Inquiry that Failed

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

On the occasion of his eleventy-sixth birthday, I thought I would replay a post I did on a previous birthday. Partly, it’s a way to capture this great thinker and writer on his birthday. It’s also partly to show deeply … Continue reading →

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Balder the Beautiful Is Dead, Is Dead: C.S. Lewis’ Imaginative Conversion

Posted on November 26, 2014 by

One day a young C.S. Lewis casually turned to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s death-dirge in the tradition of a northern epic poem, Tegner’s Drapa. He read these words that forever changed him: I heard a voice that cried, Balder the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Week 3 in the Great Divorce Read-Along: A Handy Chart

Posted on November 24, 2014 by

Today is the 70th anniversary of the third installment of the weekly story that we now know as The Great Divorce. Week 1 and Chapter 1 were the same, so that a reader picking up the book today and a … Continue reading →

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11/22/63

Posted on November 23, 2014 by

This is a reblog from the same day last year, on the 50th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death. Canadians just aren’t as good as Americans when it comes to iconic days. Let’s be honest: Canada Day isn’t nearly as interesting … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Think Jesus Was a Soccer Dad…

Posted on November 19, 2014 by

Or that Mary Magdalene was a redeemer goddess. Or that Christ was an invention by the aristocratic elite to sooth the masses. Or that he never existed. Or that anything is really factual on the page that Dan Brown titles … Continue reading →

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3 Pop Culture References to The Great Divorce

Posted on November 17, 2014 by

While there seems to be no end to C.S. Lewis fans, biographers, and bloggers—like the digital network connected with A Pilgrim in Narnia—I have found surprisingly few pop culture references to Lewis’ books other than Narnia and The Screwtape Letters. … Continue reading →

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Cataloging the Wade: An update from Elaine Hooker

Posted on November 14, 2014 by

Originally posted on Off the Shelf:
Elaine Hooker, Wade Center Catalog Librarian Wade Catalog Librarian Elaine Hooker shares some of her thoughts and experiences on undertaking the monumental task of cataloging the Wade Center’s collections. Her work will, for the…

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