Posts Tagged With: Christianity
“The Eternal C.S. Lewis: Now More Than Ever”
Oxbridge 2011 alumnus, Tom O’Boyle, has just written an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describing his experience this summer visiting the places in Oxford that are connected to C.S. Lewis’s life and faith. Here’s an excerpt of “The Eternal C.S. Lewis: Now More Than Ever”: Lewis’ change of heart was so dramatic as to suggest … Continue reading
Vacationing with a Purpose
What should I do on my summer vacation? For this college professor, the answer this year was easy: combine service, fellowship, worship, and fun by spending two weeks in Northfield, Massachusetts, at the future C.S. Lewis College site, participating in the C.S. Lewis Foundation’s Vacation with a Purpose! As I write this, it is the … Continue reading
The Book That Made Your World Available Now
C.S. Lewis Foundation Trustee Vishal Mangalwadi has just released his new book, The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization. Our Founder and President, Dr. J. Stanley Mattson, has not only endorsed the book, he also wrote its foreword. He compared it to Alexis de Toqueville’s “outside-looking-in” perspective, and … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – December 6, 2010
Dear Friends, In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord. … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – November 15, 2010
Prayer is an important sifting tool in my experience. Many times I have sifted through a toxic mess of irritation, concern, humiliation and pain before my heavenly Father. As my jumbled thoughts and feelings tumble from my mind and heart, something will catch in my soul and literally pull me to my feet in indignation or distress. That leaves me with a choice to stuff what troubles me back into the crevices of my heart to be dealt with later in my own devices, or to let it go to God with a plea, “Here, Father, take this and my desire for vindication that goes with it. Remove it from the reach of heart and mind.” Continue reading
