Libraries as described by poet Paul Engle are sometimes repositories of dynamite, sometimes of comfort.
Tag Archives: C. S. Lewis
The Dangerous Power of Libraries
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Pentecost in Narnia
There’s a Pentecostal scene in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” that captures the excitement of the Holy Spirit’s descent.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "In the Bleak Midwinter", Christine Rossetti, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Pentecost, T. S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
With extreme climate, the world in likely to end (to cite Robert Frost) in fire AND ice.
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Aslan as Eco Warrior
Lewis’s Aslan is a bold creative stroke that opens up environmental possibilities for Christianity.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged animal rights, climate change, Environmentalism, Imagination, John Gatta, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Magician's Nephew, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, theology Comments closed
Harris’s Literary Favs Reveal a Vibrant Soul
Kamala Harris’s favorite lit reveals a woman engaging in foundational exploration, especially regarding race and gender.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Amy Tan, immigrants, Joy Luck Club, Kamala Harris, Khaled Hosseini, Kite Runner, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Native Son, race relations, Richard Wright, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Making Charn Great Again
How does one capture Trump’s disastrous handling of Covid? I invoke Jadis in “The Magician’s Nephew” destroying Charn.
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Enter by the Garden Gate
“Paradise Lost” and Lewis’s “Magician’s Nephew” pick up on today’s Gospel reading, where Jesus warns against false prophets.
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The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
When Frost wrote, “Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice,” it now appears (judging by Australia and Greenland) that everyone is right.
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With the Second Coming, Peaceful Animals
Spiritual Sunday Today’s gorgeous Old Testament reading (Isaiah 11:1-10), which captures the spirit of messianic hope, has images that Milton uses in Paradise Lost. While Isaiah is envisioning the coming of the Messiah, however, Milton is looking back to the world before the fall. It can be again in the future asit once was in […]
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