Tag Archives: Joy Davidman

An Obituary of C.S. Lewis’ Life as an Oxford Don, by John Wain (The 57th Anniversary of Lewis’ Death)

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the 57th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death. In past years, I have reflected upon Lewis dying in the shadows of great men like JFK and Aldous Huxley on 11/22/63. This year, I wanted to share an obituary of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged 11/22/63, A Grief Observed, books, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, Is Theology Poetry, John Wain, Joy Davidman, obituary, OHEL, Oxford, Reflections on the Psalms, The Personal Heresy, The Screwtape Letters, The Waste Land, They Asked for a Paper | 10 Comments

A Life of C.S. Lewis in 20 Minutes, with Timeline

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I have done longer lectures and fireside chats about C.S. Lewis’ life. As someone who lived a rich life, writing book after book that changed the way we think, I have always taken about an hour to capture the whole … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography | Tagged Belfast, books, C.S. Lewis, Joy Davidman, Narnia, Oxford, Timeline, Warren Lewis | 1 Comment

An Open Class on Narnia and Friendship with Brenton Dickieson, Jason Lepojärvi, and Diana Pavlac Glyer (Full Video from Signum University)

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Friendship was an absolutely critical part of C.S. Lewis’ life. His lifelong friendship with his brother created a literary household. Lewis’ childhood and university friendships helped him renegotiate his core values and his life philosophy. The Oxford Inklings, the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, News & Links | Tagged A Grief Observed, Bandersnatch, C.S. Lewis, Christian apologetics, Diana Pavlac Glyer, friendship, Inklings, Jason Lepojärvi, Joy Davidman, linguistic history, literary criticism, literary history, Narnia, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Company They Keep, The Four Loves, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Till We Have Faces, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 9 Comments

An Obituary of C.S. Lewis’ Life as an Oxford Don, by John Wain (The 56th Anniversary of Lewis’ Death)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the 56th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death. In past years, I have reflected upon Lewis dying in the shadows of great men like JFK and Aldous Huxley on 11/22/63. This year, I wanted to share an obituary of … Continue reading →

An Open Class on Narnia and Friendship with Brenton Dickieson, Jason Lepojärvi, and Diana Pavlac Glyer

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Posted in News & Links | Tagged A Grief Observed, Bandersnatch, C.S. Lewis, Christian apologetics, Diana Pavlac Glyer, friendship, Inklings, Jason Lepojärvi, Joy Davidman, linguistic history, literary criticism, literary history, Narnia, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Company They Keep, The Four Loves, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Till We Have Faces, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 1 Comment

Joy Davidman’s Conversion Story “The Longest Way Round”: Audio Narration and Doodle

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

In this Friday Feature I want to share a creative way to read Joy Davidman’s conversion story, “The Longest Way Round,” which you can find in various places online and in Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged Abigail Santamaria, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Doodle, Don King, Joy Davidman, Lyle Dorsett, Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain, Surprised by Joy, The Longest Way Round | 8 Comments

“The Places of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis” with Patti Callahan, plus a Wade Podcast, Timeline, and Other Resources (Friday Feature)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I recently featured New York Times Bestselling author Patti Callahan’s novelized biography of Joy Davidman, Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis. I found it a helpful book with fine writing, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged Abigail Santamaria, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Crystal Downing, david downing, Don King, Joy Davidman, Lyle Dorsett, Patti Callahan | 5 Comments

“This Year of the Atom”: A Poem on the Anniversary of Hiroshima, by Joy Davidman

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

At 8:15 local time on Aug 6, 1945, American airship Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 100,000 people, most of them civilians. On Aug 9th, the American military would reassert their ability to waste the countryside by … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Naked Tree, American politics, Animal Farm, Anna Santamaria, Atomic Bomb, C.S. Lewis, George Orwell, Hiroshima, Japan, Joy Davidman, Nagasaki, That Hideous Strength, war, WWII | 7 Comments

7 New Audiobooks on C.S. Lewis: Michael Ward, James Como, Stephanie Derrick, Patti Callahan, Joe Rigney, Diana Glyer, Gary Selby

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Checking Audible for something completely unrelated, I was pleased to see that Michael Ward’s Planet Narnia is now on audiobook. I thought I would provide a brief set of reviews on some good, new Audible C.S. Lewis finds. While sometimes audiobooks … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Reviews | Tagged Abigail Santamaria, audiobooks, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Gary Selby, James Como, Joe Rigney, Joy Davidman, Michael Ward, Planet Narnia, reception, reception history, Stephanie Derrick, The Fame of C.S. Lewis, The Narnia Code | 16 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 →