I am pleased to announce two online Inklings events that I will be attending today:

“George MacDonald and the Prophetic Imagination” with Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson and Trevor Hart, moderated by Brenton Dickieson (CSLKS Connected)

This is a C.S. Lewis and Kindred Spirits Society Connected event, continuing the series from our friends at Agora Christi in Iași, Romania. I am moderating this conversation between Dr. Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson and the Rev’d Canon Dr. Trevor Hart as we talk about how George MacDonald thought theologically about the imagination in prescient and transformative ways. This conversation continues a series of events celebrating the bicentennial of MacDonald’s birth. We’ll see you at 12:00 pm Eastern!

Time: Fri, Jul 19, 2024: 12:00 pm EDT (or 6:00 pm EET, local Romania time)

Link: Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCS_Mwg_vEC6XcF-IlBXcj5ACfai88imtFBUu2uaKdRQhk5w/viewform.

“’Our Dear Charles Williams’: Tolkien’s Friendship with the Oddest Inkling” with Sørina Higgins (IFF)

At the zenith of the Inklings’s social and creative energy, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a poem about “Our Dear Charles Williams.” It is a long poem—over three pages—full of praise, gentle teasing, and inside jokes. Many of its references may escape the casual reader or even the Tolkien scholar who is less familiar with Williams’s works. The poem is especially important because of the discussion (and sometimes debate) concerning the precise nature of the friendship between Tolkien and Williams.

Dr. Sørina Higgins, author, lecturer, acclaimed Charles Williams scholar, and curator of The Oddest Inkling, will be the guest expert on Inkling Folk Fellowship this Friday, July 19th, at 4 p.m. (Eastern). IFF is an online, free, mostly weekly meeting designed to talk about the arts, faith, literature, and creativity.

Time: Fri, Jul 19, 2024: 4:00 pm EDT

Link: See the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/GcqqKQ5dDr2diYXe/.