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Poetry, too.
Dymer Spirits in Bondage Collected Poems
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I bought "Till We Have Faces". Still reading Miracles...I ahvent been reading much.
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I bought "Till We Have Faces". Still reading Miracles...I havent been reading much.
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Well, I have finished Miracles, and also The Pilgrim's Regress. Both excellent.
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01-26-2006, 08:21 PM | #25 |
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My Dad, may he rest in peace, taught me bit of doggerol when he was my Sunday School teacher when I was about 9 years old. It goes...
You are writing a book A chapter each day By the deeds that you do And the words that you say. Men read what you write Whether faithful or true, Say, what is the Gospel According to you? I remembered that when I chanced on this article: http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/242006b.asp Perhaps the best book CS Lewis wrote was the one my Dad said we are writing?
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01-26-2006, 10:22 PM | #26 |
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good verse, inked!
Reminds me of a Chris Rice song - "Every day is a journal page every man holds a quill and ink there's plenty of room for writing in all you say and do and think So will you compose a curse or will today bring a blessing? Fill the page with rhyme and verse or some random sketching? Teach us to count the days teach us to make the days count Lead us in better ways sometimes our souls forget life means so much, life means so much, life means so much. Every day is a bank account time is our currency There's no one rich; no one poor we have 24 hours each So how are you gonna spend? will you invest or squander? Try to get ahead or help someone who's under? etc.
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02-06-2006, 12:39 PM | #27 |
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A review of the review for those interested...
(teaser) The Lion, The Witch and The New York Review of Books February 1st, 2006 Alison Lurie is a novelist who teaches at Cornell and has published on the subject of children’s books. In the latest New York Review of Books, she has ostensibly written a review of Alan Jacob’s The Narnian; a collection of essays entitled Revisting Narnia: Fantasy, Myth and Religion in C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles; and the recent movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I say “ostensbly” because, while she does consider the items just listed, she also shares her own thoughts about Lewis and his Narnia series. read it all at: http://rathernot.classicalanglican.net/
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02-06-2006, 07:18 PM | #28 |
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I just bought and am reading "The Weight of Glory". And also "Till We Have Faces".
Here's something funny: "C.S.Lewis & Narnia for Dummies" was written by a guy named Richard Wagner. As an admirer of Wagner Operas, I'm sure Lewis would have loved that coincidence.
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02-17-2006, 04:32 AM | #29 |
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'Till We Have Faces is great Just finished reading it yesterday. I think I'll be a frequent customer in my university's bookstore, as long as they sell such books. I never even saw any Lewis books elsewhere (apart from re-published Narnia, but I bet it's only because of the movie... ).
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It was very excellent! Me, my sis, and my younger borther all read it in the space of a week... And Crick, I also finished reading WoG, I thought the essay "Is theology poetry?" was the best.
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I just borrowed The Screwtape Letters and The Four Loves. I read the introduction to The Four Loves, it sounds really good!
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I finished The Four Loves. It was really good. I was a little confused about the chapter on friendship. I don't think I really agreed with it. But the rest of the book was great. Maybe I should reread the friendship chapter...
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I finished Screwtape Letters a few days ago. It was really interesting. Kind of messes with your mind. Very good.
I got The Inspirational Writings and Collected Works of C.S. Lewis for my birthday!
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it's interesting to look up famous people in the index. He wrote letters to Arthur C Clarke, and he was a devoted Wagnerian, and he attended some of Sir Thomas Beecham's concerts.
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He dedicated The Screwtape Letters to J.R.R. Tolkien!
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I'm reading through Mere Christianity right now. I like it-it's a lot more readable than some of his other classics. Although nothing so far has beaten Screwtape. (where did he get that brilliant name, anyway?)
BTW, did you know that Screwtape is playing off-Broadway as a musical?
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