In the 14th episode of our series focussing on McGrath’s book, CS Lewis: A Life, we look at Lewis’ deep anguish following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, and explore his approach to suffering in A Grief Observed. We also observe how Lewis fac...
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C. S. Lewis opens chapter four of his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, with this statement: “In January, 1911, just turned thirteen, I set out with my brother to Wyvern, he for the College and I for a preparatory school …” (56). However, since we know Lewis was born on November...
Lewis had worked over the ground in theory. After his wife’s death he had to do the work again, this time in raw dismay: dismay not only at the terrible event itself, but at his reaction to it. Unless his faith in the afterlife is childish and literal, the pain of loss is often ...
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955) Lewis's autobiographical account of his early years and his conversion to Christianity The Four Loves (1960) A nonfiction work exploring a Christian perspective of four different types of love: affection, friendship, romantic, and charity A ...
#lovewins. For those not on twitter, you can see a sample of the rejoicinghere. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the scene from the 2005 production of CS Lewis’The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.Aslan has surrendered himself to the witch. The witch ...
And he's building you up for the throne he brings He's taking it all Breaking it down Building a mansion from the rubble You found fit for a king not just a room He's making a palace where his spirit can bloom Yo he thought you were fine just to fix her upper But he's here ...
his teaching, Lewis was offered the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge in 1954, a position he held until his death. In 1956 he married Joy Davidman Gresham, the American poet and novelist, who was diagnosed with cancer later that year. Despite his wife's illness, Lewis ...
the “goodly crew” to whom Percy alludes, those who have been influenced on their paths to Rome by C.S. Lewis. As the present author owes his own conversion, in part, to the works and wisdom of Lewis, it is gratifying to know that he is but one of many whom Lewis led Romewards...
About LEGO® IDEAS submission designer, Jaijaj Lewis: •Jaijai Lewis, a marketing professional from New York City, has worked on various versions of the model since 2014. •Before this set, he submitted two other iterations, with both reaching the 10,000 LEGO Ideas supporters required to...