C.S. Lewis
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When Dawn Gives Way to New Day
Surely, this is the time between times… our dear pastor calls it “the dawn.” After centuries and centuries of darkness, it is a time of hope rising, a new day has most-assuredly broken upon history now that God has walked… Continue reading
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The God-Shaped Hole
There are actually two God-designed holes which the soul longs to have filled – one, a God-shaped hole; the second, an eternity-shaped hole. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until… Continue reading
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Life Imitates Art
A light, little romp today… a bleed over from a currently popular Facebook meme: “Name three fictional characters with whom you identify.” I pass this along here because someday my posterity may not know or remember me, but they will… Continue reading
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Welcome, Sweet Lucy
Welcome to our very blessed family, sweet little Lucy Grace, born May 26th at 9:59 p.m., to Ashley and Andrew and measuring 7# 9 oz. and 20″ long. You are named after one of my favorite characters in literature –… Continue reading
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Blessed Assurance
So my Bible Study Fellowship question asked: What assurance do you have that Jesus has purchased you for God? My lesson offered several biblical assurances that are laid up for me in God’s excellent Word (John 3:16-19, Romans 10:9, Ephesians… Continue reading
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Aslan’s Country
It’s almost unforgivable, I know, but here I stand in the second half of life, only just having completed C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. And what an ending (or beginning) awaits the reader in The Last Battle, book 7!… Continue reading
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Welcome, Little Lewis Elliot
Welcome to our dear little Lewis Elliot, born August 3rd at 5:07 a.m., to Ashley and Andrew and measuring 7# 15 oz. and 20″ long. May you grow to wisely share the Christian faith like C.S. Lewis and be passionate… Continue reading
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More Than Conquerors
C.S. Lewis wrote a letter on May 14, 1954 to Sheldon Vanauken who sought help in counseling students with questions about Christianity and homosexuality. Vanauken shared Lewis’ response (as well as 17 other letters from C.S.) in his book A… Continue reading
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A Chuser of Books
“To be…a chuser of books! And to be having any one’s improvement in view in her choice!” So marvels Jane Austen’s good heroine, Fanny Price, as she rhapsodizes about the opportunities to improve oneself by being a renter…“a chuser [sic]… Continue reading
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Heaven, Hell and Earth
I’ve seen t-shirts that say “Jonathan Edwards is My Homeboy” which makes me laugh. Well…Jonathan Edwards is my Facebook friend. I, therefore, receive occasional posts which included this insightful one-liner: “This world is all the hell that ever a true… Continue reading
Shooting Over the Horizon 