Category Archives: Reflections

C.S. Lewis in The Christian Century

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Last year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged apologetics, Bible, Christianity Today, evangelicalism, God in the Dock, Letters to Malcolm, liberal Christianity, Pittenger, Reflection on the Psalms, Reflections on the Psalms, Reinhold Niebuhr, The Christian Century, The Screwtape Letters, theology, W.H. Auden | 9 Comments

2018: A Year of Reading: The Nerd Bit

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

“With such wishes for the New Year as still seem possible” ~ C.S. Lewis to his father from the trenches in France during WWI “Is there any point in wishing each other a happy New Year? Well, yes, I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Goodreads, H.P. Lovecraft, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, Narnia, Octavia E. Butler, Reading, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, William Gibson | 24 Comments

Bethlehem as the Hingepoint of History: C.S. Lewis’ Christmas Revolution Poem

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

It is difficult to see this poem in the Christmases that most of us are subjected to. I think that’s why C.S. Lewis became a bit of a Christmas curmudgeon in his latter days. But in the midst of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christmas, cruciformity, Jerry Root, Poetry, spiritual theology, the cross, The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis, The Turn of the Tide | 5 Comments

Peace on Earth, Nargle Vaccines, and a Christmas Vacation

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have had a flu shot for the first time since the last public health panic. I think it was swine flu or bird flu or nargle flu or something, but it was not an experience that engendered my trust … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Christmas Story, Christmas, Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood, nargles, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | 9 Comments

What Counts as a Classic? A Conversation with C.S. Lewis and Goodreads

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a little post called “Reading and the Cultural Moment, with C.S. Lewis.” Though I now think I could have said it even clearer, I was sharing once again C.S. Lewis’ critical idea that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 1984, A Wrinkle in Time, Animal Farm, C.S. Lewis, George Orwell, Goodreads, Jane Eyre, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Margaret Atwood, Narnia, Netflix, Old Books, On the Reading of Old Books, Terry Pratchett, The Handmaid's Tale, The Hobbit | 40 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ Unicorn Song

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have talked before about my love of Shel Silverstein’s poetry. Most people don’t know that he is the poet behind the Irish Rover’s international hit, “The Unicorn Song.” It’s hard to resist the Celtic charm of this lilting classic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Poetry, Shel Silverstein, The Irish Rovers, The Sailing of the Ark, The Unicorn Song | 22 Comments

What Did C.S. Lewis do on his Birthdays? A 120th Birthday Inquiry that Failed

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →