C s lewis

"I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; For to have been born in God's thought and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking." - C. S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis quote - Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace within difficulties

C. S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis’ life was shaped by his combat experiences in the trenches of France as a 19/20-year-old man.

This week's lesson topic, “Rest and Restoration”, is buttressed by texts from Genesis regarding man's responsibility to care for the Garden; from Exodus regarding the Sabbath commandment; from Mark regarding Jesus' command to “Rest a while”; and most of all from Christ's famous invitation of Matthew 11:28-30, to “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” —C. S. Lewis [tweetbutton] [facebook_ilike]

I have always been fascinated with the art of letter writing. I have filled my reading these last few years with personal letters, especially those of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, James Thurber, E.B. White, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and St. Paul. Plus, I have learned to loved epistolary fiction, one of the rich sources that C.S.