Category Archives: Guest Blogs

Canada and a 6th Century Monk

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on the traveller's path:
In honour of Canada Day, I thought it might be fun to share with you one of my favourite stories from the Britain’s Early Middle Ages; that of the 6th century monk known as…

Posted in Guest Blogs, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Canada, Canada Day, Frederick Buechner, History, L.A. Smith, St. Brendan | 5 Comments

Treading Upon the Sacred: A Guest Post on Writing by Judy Carlson

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Readers of A Pilgrim in Narnia know that I like to feature indie and small-press authors from time to time. Judy Carlson’s The White Knight, the Lost Kingdom, and the Sea Princess was published by Nordskog in 2015. Here she reflects upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Guest Blogs | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Judy Carlson, literature, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, On Writing, Past Watchful Dragons, publishing, The White Knight, writing | 5 Comments

Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on Becka's Book Review:
Multitudes of readers and movie-goers are familiar with the names and writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Many are also aware that the two literary giants were part of a ‘club’ called…

Posted in Guest Blogs, Reviews | Tagged Bandersnatch, books, C.S. Lewis, Diana Pavlac Glyer, intertextuality, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, writing | 6 Comments

Eucatastrophe: J.R.R Tolkien & C.S. Lewis’s Magic Formula for Hope by Tim Willard

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

What is it we feel when the eagles swoop in during the final moments of the battle of the five armies in Do our emotions reveal the true depth of the fantasy genre that has captured the hearts of pop-culture? … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Conversion, euchatastrophe, fantasy, film adaptation, g k chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, joy, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, myth, mythology, Norse Mythology, Peter Jackson, pop culture, The Battle of Five Armies, The Hobbit, Tom Shippey, worldviews | 39 Comments

What I Learned about Gender (and Diversity) from Christian Academic Publishing by Katya Covrett

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I recently shared on A Pilgrim in Narnia “What I Learned about Gender from the Zondervan Catalogue.” I noted that only 1 in 10 authors advertised by my favourite academic publisher were women. I set the context of a male-dominated … Continue reading →