Tag Archives: Letters to an America Lady

The Haunting Death: Lewis, Buechner, and Me on the Loss of a Parent

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

Lewis in Letters I’ve read, now, about 200 pages of Lewis’ letters. This is just a small slice of the 2000 pages of his letters I have in my bookshelves. But it is enough to begin to see patterns and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged Baudelaire orphans, Bebb, C.S. Lewis, Frederick Buechner, Galatians 2:20, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austin, John 15:13, King Miraz, Lemony Snicket, Letters to an America Lady, Lois Lowry, Narnia, Neville Longbottom, Now and Then, orphan literature, Pevensie children, pilgrim, Prince Caspian, Sacred Journey, Series of Unfortunate Events, Sirius Black, Telling Secrets, The Book of Bebb, The Giver, The Magician's Nephew, The Willoughbys, Watchman Nee | 11 Comments

Love, Actually: Pat Robertson vs. C.S. Lewis on Real Love

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

Recently Pat Robertson has hit the media with a crazy statement. Some of you may not be surprised. When he’s not calling on American military to perform an assassination or suggesting that the gay pride parade in Orlando might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged alzheimers, C.S. Lewis, conservative, controversy, culture, Death, evangelical, evangelical controversy, fundamentalist, gay pride parade, Letters to an America Lady, love, marriage, Pat Robertson, sacrifice, Tolkien | 9 Comments

Thoughts With An American Lady: Thinking About Lewis’ Late-in-Life Letters

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

Not long after beginning Letters to An American Lady, I blogged about C.S. Lewis and the Art of Letter Writing. By the tenth letter in the volume I knew that Lewis found writing letters to his fans to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged art of letter writing, C.S. Lewis, Clyde S. Kilby, Death, dying, heaven, letters, Letters to an America Lady, Walter Hooper | 12 Comments

Forgiving a Bully: Lewis’ Lifelong Struggle

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

I came across this comment in Letters to an American Lady. In Surprised by Joy, Lewis shows great generosity for the schoolmaster who quite brutal to him and others–I describe here in “On the Nobody Somebody Has Inside: Lewis, Me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged C.S. Lewis, forgiveness, Letters to an America Lady, Surprised by Joy | 7 Comments

On the Nobody Somebody Has Inside: Lewis, Me, and Bullies

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

By all accounts, C.S. (Jack) Lewis was bullied badly in the English private school that he was subjected to as a child. His first school, Wynyard, had a headmaster as a bully. Robert Capron, nicknamed “Oldie” by the Lewis boys, … Continue reading →