C S Lewis
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009Today’s book is The World’s Last Night and Other Essays. It is a collection of seven essays from later in C S Lewis’ life, after he was 50 years of age. They were written during a of some significant changes in his life. For one thing, he switched universities, going from Oxford to Cambridge. For [...]
The Magician’s Nephew
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009The book for today’s show is The Magician’s Nephew, a personal favorite of mine. It tells of the creation of Narnia and how evil came into that good land, and technically is the last Chronicle that Lewis wrote. He wrote The Last Battle and The Magician’s Nephew at the same time, but finished The Last [...]
Reading C S Lewis With Your Heart
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009In this show we are going to take a look at two books “about” C. S. Lewis, rather than by C. S. Lewis. First, though, we cover a bit of news about Fox replacing Disney as a partner with Walden Media in the Chronicles of Narnia movie franchise. The first book we’ll cover is “Yours, [...]
The Horse and His Boy
Friday, December 12th, 2008Today we look at the fifth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, the Horse and His Boy. But first, let’s say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all our listeners, especially those from outside the USA. We begin with a brief look at Narnia geography in order to help the listeners understand the story and [...]
The Silver Chair
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Welcome Friends This post covers The Silver Chair, the fourth book (using the order that they were originally published) in the Chronicles of Narnia. At the start we cover some news about an exhibition on the Chronicles of Narnia that may be coming to a city near you soon. In addition, we take a look [...]
The Great Divorce
Monday, September 15th, 2008Welcome Have you ever wondered about questions like these? – Is there a real Heaven and a real Hell? – If so, what are they like? – If they exist why would a loving God send people to Hell? If so, then this podcast will be especially interesting to you. Today’s show covers The Great [...]
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Welcome Friends Today’s post is about the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book that C S Lewis wrote in the Chronicles of Narnia. We start with some news about the Prince Caspian film and the progress Disney is making on filming The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Then we look at the importance [...]
Prince Caspian
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Welcome friends In honor of July 4th, this show starts with a review of C. S. Lewis’ service in the British Army, including combat in the trenches in France in WW I. It covers some of the consequences of that experience, both good and bad, and how they affected his life. Next, we take a [...]
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardobe
Friday, June 13th, 2008Welcome Folks This show starts with a brief review of the Disney movie Prince Caspian. Then we cover the similarities in literary approach between two famous Oxford authors, C. S. (Jack) Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Next we take a long look at the heroes (and [...]
Getting Started With C S Lewis
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Hello friends – this podcast starts with some news followed by a brief biography of C. S. “Jack” Lewis. Then it takes an introductory look at the history and and general themes found in the Chronicles of Narnia. .
