Tag Archives: Till We Have Faces

The Thieves of Time and Waking Wonder: Writing as Discovery and the Stone-Carver’s Art

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

After weeks of too little sleep, I have had two terrible half-nights awake. These torturous midnight hours of hazy, half-insomniac puzzles and quandaries and obsessions, the darkness that infuses weariness into the bone-soul of life… I would purchase a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged academic writing, C.S. Lewis, CBC, Dymer, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, JP Saxe, L.M. Montgomery, Q, The Screwtape Letters, Till We Have Faces, writing | 9 Comments

Naturally Holy: Some Thoughts on Till We Have Faces, A Guest Post by Katie Stevenson

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis is well known to revere nature in his writings, including vivid pictures in The Narnia series, Perelandra (from his space trilogy), and The Great Divorce. His imagery of purity and wonderful holiness often takes hold of his characters’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs | Tagged C.S. Lewis, heaven, Holiness, paganism, theology, Till We Have Faces | 12 Comments

Dance, Long, Leap, Speak, Conquer, Break: The Heart in C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

A friend of mine recently sent me a digital liturgy she had made for her church’s Zoom Vespers. As I typically haunt churches that look and feel more like small British rock revival concert, I am a bit of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, grief, heart, Homer, kardia, love, The Four Loves, Till We Have Faces | 36 Comments

Superinfection, COVID-19, and C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I am sure I am not the only person who is looking back into history to help me think about the current moment of social unrest. In fact, I know I’m not. For example, I am following an engaging series … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, Gilead, Great Depression, Marilynne Robinson, novel coronavirus, spanish flu, That Hideous Strength, Till We Have Faces, WWI | 25 Comments

The “Pints with Jack” Podcast on Till We Have Faces @pintswithjack

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Hi folks! I found myself caught up in the 1,000th Post Party last week and haven’t been able to get back to the desk to give a post for this week. I didn’t even have time to do a Throwback … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Till We Have Faces | 2 Comments

A Peasant Pagan Prayer in Till We Have Faces

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

My first two degrees in literature are in sacred literature, the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. In those texts, there is a constant conversation about the heart of true faith. From Hannah’s prayer to the spirituality of the Psalms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Ancient Near East, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Classical Mythology, Greco-Roman World, Greek Mythology, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, paganism, spirituality, The Prayer of Manasseh, Till We Have Faces | 30 Comments

Orual and the King of Glome

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

On the surface of it, there is no greater contrast than Queen Orual and her tyrannical father. Even when we consider only Book 1 of C.S. Lewis’ great literary fiction, Till We Have Faces, Orual is not just a successful … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Till We Have Faces | 15 Comments

It is Easy to Teach C.S. Lewis’ “Till We Have Faces,” but It’s Hard to Blog About It

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Though I am always nudging readers to see The Great Divorce as C.S. Lewis’ most genius work of fiction, Till We Have Faces truly is a remarkable novel. It is the dying-days journal of Orual, Queen of Glome, who sues her capricious gods … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Signum University, The Great Divorce, Till We Have Faces | 44 Comments

A Peculiar Dedication: C.S. Lewis’ Dedication of A Preface to Paradise Lost to Charles Williams (with a Note on Lewis Prefaces)

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged A Preface to Paradise Lost, Charles Williams, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Milton, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Lucy, Paradise Lost, Surprised by Joy, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, The Place of the Lion, The Screwtape Letters, Till We Have Faces | 23 Comments

An Open Class on Narnia and Friendship with Brenton Dickieson, Jason Lepojärvi, and Diana Pavlac Glyer (Full Video from Signum University)

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Friendship was an absolutely critical part of C.S. Lewis’ life. His lifelong friendship with his brother created a literary household. Lewis’ childhood and university friendships helped him renegotiate his core values and his life philosophy. The Oxford Inklings, the main … Continue reading →