Dr. Michael Gleghorn provides an insightful examination of how legendary Christian author C.S. Lewis used his writing to invite his readers to put their faith in Jesus Christ. Lewis and Evangelism “C. S. Lewis never invited unbelievers to come to Jesus. He was a very successful evangelist.” So begins Michael Ward’s essay “Escape to Wallaby Wood: Lewis’s Depictions of Conversion.” […]| Probe Ministries
Discerning one's calling can feel very overwhelming. Here are 5 core questions to help make the discernment process more manageable. The post 5 Key Questions to Discern Your Calling appeared first on Converge Media.| Converge Media
In January and February 2025, I started a review of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia books… but only managed the first four: I hadn’t forgotten. I had just become distracted. As one does. But I can now continue the series, with a look at the The Voyage of the Dawntreader and The Silver Chair. The Voyage of […]| A Phuulish Fellow
Dave Barry, true to form, made fun of himself and almost everything else in his memoir. I’ve enjoyed Barry’s writing on and off over the years as I’ve come across it. This book, l…| Phil's Scribblings
The opening chapter of Samuel Parkison’s ‘To Gaze Upon God’ — a work of theological retrieval for evangelicals on the beatific vision — makes a striking argument. Park…| Phil's Scribblings
Does Scripture talk about Hell? Many claim there is no Hell, and it is a doctrine to control and manipulate the followers of Christ.| Christian Apologetics
All nations need reminders that even their best ideals, though worth defending, do not earn them chosen nation status. Reading C.S. Lewis’ "That Hideous Strength" and Langston Hughes' “Let America Be America Again” in light of each other could rouse those in need of both a restoration of confidence in the goodness of the American dream and a renewal of national humility. (essay by Bethany Getz)| The Imaginative Conservative
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Thankful/Thanksgiving Freebie. A few years back for this freebie prompt, I spotlighted authors I was grateful for. I decided to do a part two this year. …| Keeper of the Wood Between Worlds
Time constraints have a way of challenging you to get things done. I am currently in the United Kingdom working on a master’s at the University of St Andrews, so I knew that anything I didn’t finish and submit by spring 2024 would be on the shelf for at least a year. So, I finished … Continue reading Three Articles in Mythlore: T.H. White, Russell Kirk, and William Lindsay Gresham| G. Connor Salter
Owen Barfield (1898-1997) had a larger influence on his friends C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien than often assumed. “The Great War,” their debates during their Oxford days about philosophy and meaning led Lewis to reconsider whether atheism worked, and he later became a Christian. Verlyn Flieger shows in her book Splintered Light some ways that … Continue reading Talking with Owen Barfield’s Grandson about the First and Last Inkling| G. Connor Salter
This week, The Journal of Inklings Studies published something very special to me. In summer 2023, I had discovered that William Lindsay Gresham published an article in The Baum Bugle exploring his marriage’s end and lessons he learned about hope from L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. I found out how to contact his estate and … Continue reading Interviews on William Lindsay Gresham: A Complete List (So Far)| G. Connor Salter
Confession: I judge books by their covers. I understand that I am sanding across the grain of all wise folks who can put their thoughts in a single Tweet or readable on a bumper sticker. But I simply do judge books by their covers. It is not that they have to be perfect--and I still| A Pilgrim in Narnia
Devoted to speculative fiction on the page, the screen and the tabletop. Also featured: the OSR and its offshoots, history, literature, architecture.| worldbuildingandwoolgathering.blogspot.com
There have been some great researchers who have worked on the life of William Lindsay Gresham, making his life story and work more available. So far though, there is no biography on his life. Clark Sheldon is working to change that. In this interview, he describes how he got interested in Gresham, little-known facts about … Continue reading Clark Sheldon talks William Lindsay Gresham| G. Connor Salter
People who have read my earlier posts about the graphic novel adaptation of Nightmare Alley or the 2021 movie adaptation by Guillermo del Toro probably know that I’m interested in the man who…| G. Connor Salter
What follows is a (very) casual reflection on my view, as a Catholic, of the appropriate ecumenical apologetic Catholics should offer to evangelicals/protestants when asked what we believe about wh…| Tyler Journeaux