Tag Archives: The Great Divorce

Shadowy Steps through Hellish Fog: Amy Baik Lee’s Refreshing Invitation in This Homeward Ache

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Brenton Dickieson

In his evocative and soul-revealing re-imagining of the spiritual life in the irreconcilable ecosystems of heaven and hell, The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis tells a lie.   As I described last week, The Great Divorce is a travel-journey philosophical novella. … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis and the Total Eclipse of the Heavens, with An Unauthorized Book-Jacket Description of The Great Divorce

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Brenton Dickieson

Well, it has been quite some time since I wrote my “I’m still here but just exhausted” blog post. I am still here! I am less exhausted, but the tumbling forward of incomplete work continues. Moreover, though I’m making excellent … Continue reading →

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A Review of Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book by James Como

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

I have to admit that I was a wee bit skeptical when Winged Lion Press editor Bob Trexler asked me if I would consider writing a “blurb” for Jim Como’s new book, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis … Continue reading →

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The Sloo/Slow/Sluff of Despond: Today’s Word of the Day and a Spiritual Truth in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Today’s word of the day arrives as I am rereading John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress: I do not always find the Word of the Day terribly enlightening, in part because Merriam-Webster only gives a brief etymology. And it is the stories … Continue reading →

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Three Online C.S. Lewis Events (Katherine Langrish on Narnia, Michael Ward on the Abolition of Man, Anthony Lawton’s The Great Divorce) + Bonus Events: Mythcon, the Tolkien Society, L.M. Montgomery Reading Events

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Mythmoot VIII (Jun 24-27) I shared last week about Mythmoot VIII, coming next weekend (June 24-27–a hybrid online/local event). I am busily working on my keynote speech and I hope I will see you there. But I wanted to take … Continue reading →

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