Tag Archives: self-death

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

Finding that Elusive Title: The Many Names of The Great Divorce

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I am about 50/50 when it comes to titling my own work. Sometimes the title is patently obvious; other times it is a struggle to come up with a pithy phrase that captures what I’ve just written. I have one … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, g k chesterton, Milton, Pilgrim's Regress, self-death, Sorina Higgins, Spirits in Bondage, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, William Blake, writing | 48 Comments

Love That Is Not Love: The Character of Pam in The Great Divorce

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The Great Divorce begins not with characters but with caricatures. We begin with cartoons of a short man with a superiority complex, a cheated hysterical woman, a vacant liberal clergyman, a unisex couple–“both so trousered , slender, giggly and falsetto … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, agape, books, C.S. Lewis, grief, love, motherhood, motherly love, self-death, storge, surrender, The Four Loves, The Great Divorce | 15 Comments

Day 2, Off the Rails, and That’s Okay

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s amazing how quickly it can all go off the rails. It is Day 2 of the new year, and you would think things would still be going strong on the second day. All the great plans, the serious goals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Gal 2:20, self-death, surrender | 10 Comments

“Into the Region of Awe” by David C. Downing: A Review

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

For some time I have suspected that David Downing was on to something here. Part of what I’m doing in researching C.S. Lewis is to see what is at the core of who he was as a Christian—not just what … Continue reading →