Tag Archives: The Guardian

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life with C.S. Lewis (75th Anniversary)

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

On this Holy week near the close of WWII, 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Christmas, dive, Easter, Galatians 2:20, Miracles, self-death, spiritual theology, St. Jude on the Hill, surrender, The Grand Miracle, The Great Divorce, The Guardian, theology | 10 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

How Screwtape was Introduced to the World

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Next week we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the book that made C.S. Lewis a household name: The Screwtape Letters. It was first serialized in The Guardian, a relatively minor Anglican weekly. Screwtape joins Charles Dickens‘ Bleak House, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Stephen King‘s The Green Mile … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged Dune, Frank Herbert, Out of the Silent Planet, Science Fiction, Screwtape, Stephen King, The Allegory of Love, The Guardian, The Personal Heresy, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters | 48 Comments

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

How C.S. Lewis Conceived of “The Screwtape Letters”

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

In my chronological reading of C.S. Lewis’ works, I have finally come to the letters where he describes how he thought of The Screwtape Letters. This letter to his brother has caused a lot of confusion over the years, and … Continue reading →