Tag Archives: Madeleine L’Engle

Digital Dust? Thoughts on my 300th Post

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

300 posts. Wow. When I began this project, I had little sense of an end in sight. It really began as a way of reading C.S. Lewis out loud. Over time, as my roots have deepened, the tree has branched … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds, News & Links, Original Research, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, King Arthur, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Neil Gaiman, Ransom Trilogy, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, ursula le guin | 19 Comments

Two Different Prefaces to C.S. Lewis’ “That Hideous Strength”

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am certain that within long I will be accused of being obsessed with Prefaces. I have posted great prefaces to C.S. Lewis’ The Allegory of Love and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, and I have even published the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reflections | Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, books, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Olaf Stapledon, Ransom Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, The Allegory of Love, writing | 52 Comments

Truth Claims ≠ Violence

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Truth be told, I am a false positive extrovert. At least at parties. Even when I know the people and place pretty well, I have great anxiety at breaking into conversation circles. But this was a faculty event, a room … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged abolition of man, Boko haram, Bring Back Our Girls, C.S. Lewis, epistemology, kidnapping, Madeleine L'Engle, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, Nigeria, philosophy, theology, Truth | 15 Comments

6 Surprising Celebrity Audiobook Narrators

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I first discovered audiobooks while taking graduate courses by distance in Japan. I received these world-class lecture packages in the mail, pulled the cassette out of its cellophane wrapper (yes, a tape!), and then popped it into my car’s tape … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged audiobooks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cornelia Funke, Franz Kafka, Jack Kerouac, Johnny Cash, Madeleine L'Engle, Nicole Kidman, On Writing, Rob Bell, Stephen King, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf | 30 Comments

“From Middle Earth to the Garden of Eden” An Inklings Class (by Distance)

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am excited to announce that I have a class on culture and ideas beginning tonight called, “From Middle Earth to the Garden of Eden: Thoughts on Faith and Culture from C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.” Most of you don’t … Continue reading →