Earlier this week – on the morning of the 7th – our beloved Walter Hooper went home to his reward. What a reward, surely, he is going to have! If anything, Walter was a hard-working man who diligently did all he could to ensure that the works of C. S. Lewis would not be lost
General
God’s Inexorable Love
Have you ever asked God to stop loving you so much? I’m sure that sounds like a strange thing to ask, but C. S. Lewis, in his book The Problem of Pain, explains to us, that if we are complaining or resisting uncomfortable or painful things in our lives – which his providence has allowed
The Nature of Christian Surrender
Years ago, there was a lot of debate in evangelical circles about “easy grace” and “Lordship salvation.” The concern was over people who were being told that they could become a Christian without submitting to Jesus’s call to discipleship, as if discipleship was an optional add-on for people going to heaven. The answer was that
Lessons from Living at The Kilns
Want vs Need and the Importance of Community From Carley, Scholar-in-Residence August 2020 While working on an MA in Writing for Young People, I have learned much about the elements of writing a children’s book. A key consideration is character – specifically, the relationship between a character’s wants and their needs. Arguably the best kinds
Living at “The Kilns”
From Paul, a Scholar-in-Residence August 2020 When I first came to the Kilns, it was as a pilgrim reaching what T.S. Eliot calls a “still point of the turning world.” My feet brought me to the ground where my favorite author, the one who did so much to introduce me to the person and ways