Just What I Needed To Hear

It continues to amaze me just how real Jesus is in my life. When I feel like I’ve reached the limits of my ability to go on, when the noise in my head is so loud and chaotic that I can’t focus my attention on any singular thing, when my heart is heavy and it [...]

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Joy As Longing: In Brief

Sometimes people ask me why I love the writings of C. S. Lewis so much. They marvel and mock at my emotional connection to his children’s literature, and they roll their eyes at my fascination with his nonfiction. And yet, it isn’t that hard to comprehend if you but read excerpts here and there of [...]

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Nice Is Not Enough

‘Niceness’ — wholesome, integrated personality — is an excellent thing. We must try by every medical, educational, economic, and political means in our power to produce a world where as many people as possible grow up ‘nice’; just as we must try to produce a world where all have plenty to eat. But we must [...]

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Made For Another World…

I’ve been fascinated with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein my entire life. People have often mocked and ridiculed my dedication to their literary works. I’m not merely a science fiction geek. I’m also not just a child at heart. I may be both of those things on the surface, but lately, as [...]

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