You too?

I’d like some feedback please, just a minute or more from the dozens of you who stop by. Many people feel intimidated by C. S. Lewis. A bunch of people confess (usually to my well-placed spies rather than to me) to feeling intimidated by ME as I talk about the man. You too? Tell me [...]

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Mere Christians Letter

Dear Colleagues, Friends and Family, I hold in my hot little hands the first copy of the long-awaited fruit of our labor. Mere Christians: Inspiring Stories of Encounters with C. S. Lewis has arrived at the publisher, who’s passed on one copy. A thousand thanks to the many of you who contributed (or wanted to), [...]

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Sursum Corda: A Meditation and Hymn on the Lifting of Hearts

So it happened again.  I sit there innocently enough in church, and when the sermon starts, my mind wanders to some related topic, and phrases kinda pop into my head and don’t leave.  Always obedient to the Muse, I take paper from the bulletin and start scribbling. I hope the preacher doesn’t mind; the sermon [...]

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Oh, HELP!

My friend Steven and I have been searching for alternatives to this theme, but nothing looks so nice.  If you like doing such things, we’re in search of something with a variable width, 2 OR 3 columns, something that uses FAR less blank real estate on the sides (see the big margins here~~> and here [...]

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“Perhaps the point of fairy tales”

In Matt. 18, Jesus said (essentially), “Unless you turn into a little child, you’ll never get where you really want to go.”  Lewis said that when he became a man, one of the childish things he put away was the fear of appearing very child-like.  Yes.  Exactly.  And so here’s  little poem from a while [...]

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And Now a Word From Our Sponsors

Debuting Feb. 1, Mere Christians: Inspiring Stories of Encounters with C. S. Lewis gathers fifty-five accounts of Lewis’s profound influence.  Find it here, where you can See Inside. You want Andrew to come to your church, school, or book group to talk about the book and the life and work of C. S. Lewis?  Contact [...]

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Thank You Redux

A friend passed along this link. Yes, exactly. Perhaps you’ll want to take a little look and give it a small try: http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/index.cfm?hndl=details&tab=MM&id=11695 You can also find a link over there on the sidebar~~~>

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dark blue (a little lament)

To everything there is a season.  Sometimes small lamentations can help along the winding way way through a time to mourn.  This describes the current pain of a dear friend (upon whom, peace): dark blue (a little lament) Drifting ghost-like through these rooms Gathering up all that you left behind: Promises and passion, Bell-like laughter, [...]

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The Practical Theology of “Thank-You”

Have you ever wondered what God’s will for your life is?  Believe it or not, the Bible makes it perfectly clear–no need for tea leaves, oracles, or $20 psychic advisors.  But you may find it nothing like you expect. A few years ago I discovered that the Bible spells out quite clearly what God wants [...]

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Of Forbidden Fruit

In church this morning, the sermon mentioned the Fall and how so much bad news pervades our worlds, both outer, and, all too often, inner.  I grow so tired of  seeing ruin on every side, whether it pours forth from any media I let into my rooms, or from the mirror that accuses when I [...]

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