Tag Archives: Christmas

A Beautiful Night for an Apocalypse

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last night was the Supermoon, that time in the moon’s elliptical orbit when it is at its closest to earth and looks about 14% bigger. Last night was also a full lunar eclipse, which happened within 3 minutes of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Adam Sandler, apocalypse, biblical studies, Christmas, Demi Moore, film criticism, Hotel Transylvania, Kirk Cameron, lunar eclipse, Nicholas Cage, Pentecost, Star Wars, Supermoon, Theology of Culture | 28 Comments

Christmas in July with J.R.R. Tolkien (1976)

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

What a find! At a recent yard sale a good friend (@RhonDawg) found a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Father Christmas Letters and she was good enough to give it to me. Published by his daughter-in-law in 1976 on the 3rd anniversary … Continue reading →

Posted in Letters, Memorable Quotes | Tagged art, art of letter writing, children's literature, Christmas, Christopher Tolkien, fantasy, Father Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien, letters, literature, Lord of the Rings, myth, Santa Claus, writing | 17 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life (70th Anniversary)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

On this week 70 years ago, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon called “The Grand Miracle” at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. The talk was published two weeks later in The Guardian–following the last episode of The Great Divorce … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Christmas, dive, Easter, Galatians 2:20, Χριστὸς ἀνέστη, Miracles, self-death, spiritual theology, St. Jude on the Hill, surrender, The Grand Miracle, The Guardian, theology | 12 Comments

The Gift of the Magi

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

There are few of them left: the kind of used bookstore with old, over-stuffed wooden shelves, literate staff, and stacks of volumes crowding the aisles. The kind of used bookstore that plays the Canadian Broadcasting Company in the background. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged Christmas, O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi, Used Bookstores, writing | 7 Comments

“On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” by John Milton

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I am reading through John Milton’s Paradise Lost and stumbled upon his poem, “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.” There are two parts, a 4 stanza “proem” followed by a 27 stanza hymn. They hymn is quite lovely, beginning: I … Continue reading →