Shortly after we posted Lancia Smith’s interview with Andrew Lazo yesterday, yet another fascinating interview became available. This time, Lancia interviews prolific author Alister McGrath about his recent biography of C.S. Lewis, entitled C.S. Lewis: A Life. The first portion of the interview, which covers McGrath’s research into Lewis’s life, his opinion on the recent […]
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Walking Shotover Hill: A CS Lewis-Inspired Sonnet
“The very air here calls my heart to dance…” I wrote this sonnet while staying as a Scholar in Residence at the Kilns, C.S. Lewis’ home. During my stay, I realized that Oxford, and the Kilns and surrounding woods and fields in particular, is a ‘thin place’ for me: a place where what one might […]
A Sonnet for The Kilns
As I write this, I am staying at The Kilns as a Scholar in Residence through the C.S. Lewis Foundation. It’s my first visit to The Kilns, and it’s marvelous. The house has been lovingly restored by volunteer labor to be much as possible how it was when C.S. Lewis and his brother Warnie lived […]
Poetry in the 21st Century – Does It Matter?
At our Oxbridge 2008 conference, Dana Gioia, award winning poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, gave an address titled “Art and the Search for Meaning.” In it, he discussed the role of art in life, in education, and in Christianity, and argued that we have an innate need for beauty […]
“Among the Oxen”: A Reflection on C.S. Lewis’ Christmas Poetry
As December progresses, the most familiar rhymes of the season start popping out everywhere: radio waves and shopping malls are filled with the strains of carols, mailboxes are flooded with cards full of short Christmas poems, and “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” is read out loud in homes across the world. The topics of these […]