The Peculiar Story of C. S. Lewis and Janie King Moore
by Bethel McGrewC. S. Lewis's ministry to Janie King Moore reflects his axiom that “God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.” Continue Reading »
I Bought A Haunted Bookshop
by John Byron KuhnerYou can tell it is a real bookshop because a cat lives there, classical music plays on the radio, and it is haunted. Continue Reading »
A Grief Philosophized
by Mark BauerleinMichael Cholbi joins the podcast to discuss his book, Grief: A Philosophical Guide. Continue Reading »
Reunion on the Far Shore
by Gilbert MeilaenderHeaven,” Jonathan Edwards says in the fifteenth and last of his Charity Sermons, “is a World of Love.” In saying this, however, he did not seem to have in mind what many of us might -immediately hope for or suppose. To be sure, in one of his Miscellanies, asking himself “whether the . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading Lewis
by Gilbert MeilaenderThe subtitle of this book characterizes it as a “guide” to The Abolition of Man. Potential readers might, therefore, ask themselves: What does Michael Ward mean in calling his book a “guide”? And why should a guide be needed for a book that (with rather large print) runs to only a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Abolition of Man
by Mark BauerleinFather Michael Ward joins the podcast to discuss his new book, After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man. Continue Reading »
Contrapuntal Order
by John AhernAround the start of the seventeenth century, a new sense of the word “harmony” emerged. To that point, harmony in music had been produced by the pleasing opposition of two melodies according to the principles of counterpoint. In the 1600s, “harmony” began to denote the non-melodic . . . . Continue Reading »
Christianity and Myth: Why There’s No Jewish “Narnia”
by David P. GoldmanSomewhere in Tolkien’s letters he makes clear that the Dwarves of Middle Earth are his Jews. The Dwarvish language of which a few short examples are given is obviously derived from Semitic sources, just as High-Elven stems from Finnish and other Northern European roots. The Dwarves were created . . . . Continue Reading »
Infernal Counsel
by Thomas C. KohlerDear Cachexia, Well, isn’t this impressive! You’ve had charge of this patient of yours for just two weeks and you’ve already managed to let him slip into taking part in a pro-life demonstration at a Planned Parenthood “clinic.” How do you do it? Keep this up, and you’ll soon discover . . . . Continue Reading »
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