Monthly Archives: June 2015

C.S. Lewis’ First Letter to his Best Friend

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

@EssentialLewis tweeted out that 101 years ago today, a young C.S. Lewis wrote his first letter to his best friend, Arthur Greeves. Lewis was at boarding school, and Greeves sent a letter a couple of weeks earlier. I thought it … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Arthur Greeves, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, England, friendship, letters, Walter Hooper | 9 Comments

On Reading The Faerie Queene for the First Time

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The Faerie Queene fits in the category of important books so big that they often stay in our “to read” pile for years on end. I still haven’t read Ulysses by Joyce, which is only as long as a Stephen … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged Arthuriana, books, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, fantasy, IT, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Queen Elizabeth, Reading, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Stephen King, The Allegory of Love, The Faerie Queene | 31 Comments

The Hound of Heaven, Cat and Mouse: Stories of Conversion

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

When I was young, I had no idea that there was such a terrifying concept as an all-loving, ever-pervasive God who sought not intellectual precision or ritualistic elegance or even sheer human kindness, but who sought the elusive self-honesty that … Continue reading →