On the day of the film release of The Hobbit, we wanted to offer this whimsical recording of Kilns Resident Director Dr. Debbie Higgens of the C.S. Lewis Foundation reading a small excerpt from the book. We hope you enjoy it!
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A Word of Grace – December 12, 2012
“God can use anyone.” That’s what I was often told in childhood. Many of you were probably told the same thing on the principle that we need to be ready and open to serve God in any circumstance. What does this mean in practice? What does a life useful to or used by God look […]
Professor Alister McGrath’s Forthcoming Biography on C.S. Lewis
Alister McGrath has recently released a video introduction to his forthcoming biography of C.S. Lewis. Dr. Debbie Higgens hosted Alister McGrath’s filming of the video, which was shot at The C.S. Lewis Study Centre at “The Kilns.” McGrath’s biography of Lewis will be published in March 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary year of Lewis’ ongoing legacy. […]
A Word of Grace – Dec 3, 2012
Dear Friends, This message is based on a journal entry I made on a visit to New Mexico in November of 2011. . . . The dry cottonwood duff crunches beneath my feet as I walk to the bank of the upper Rio Grande in the late autumn twilight. An icy north wind hints of […]
Today is C.S. Lewis’s Birthday
Today is the 114th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’s birth in 1898 in Belfast. But what to do on the anniversary of the birth of someone we so admire? Do we memorialize the man with a quick tribute or a biography? Do we study and dissect his fiction, his “Mere Christian” non-fiction, or his scholarly work? […]