Tag Archives: C.S. Lewis

“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said” by C.S. Lewis (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on May 30, 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 blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds, Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes, News & Links, On Writing, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, children's stories, fairy tales, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Lord of the Rings, myth, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, The Chronicles of Narnia, writing | 61 Comments

A Ham of Note in the History of Literature (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christopher Tolkien, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, david downing, ham, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, letters, literature, Looking for the King, Lord David Cecil, owen barfield, rationing, WWII | 17 Comments

“The Rood of Time,” a Poem by Sørina Higgins

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

For the last couple of years, I have been reading women Christian poets. As my devotional poetry has been so soaked in the work of John Donne and George Herbert, some of this is my curiosity about how women approach … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christian spirituality, Dorothy L. Sayers, George Herbert, John Donne, Joy Davidman, L.M. Montgomery, Poetry, Ruth Pitter, Salvador Dali, Sorina Higgins, spiritual theology | 9 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ Book that Is Not a Book: Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I am writing an article for Touchstone Journal in Canada about C.S. Lewis’ Letters to Malcolm. In 1949, an American reader suggested his next book should be on prayer. Lewis declined, saying “I don’t feel I could write a book on … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, epistolary fiction, Letters to Malcolm, Mere Christianity, owen barfield, prayer, Sr. Penelope, Surprised by Joy, The Four Loves, The Lord's Prayer, The Screwtape Letters | 21 Comments

How do you Solve a Problem like Susan Pevensie? Narnia Guest Post by Kat Coffin

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Every few years or so, I’ll get a PM on my Twitter or my Tumblr that asks what is essentially the same question. These followers know my love of all things C.S. Lewis, particularly the Chronicles of Narnia, have heard … Continue reading →