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!
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.
Back from Narnia
Gregory Pyne kindly gave us permission to repost a blog post about his experience at the 2012 C.S. Lewis Retreat in Navasota, Texas. The original post appeared on his blog “Wandering Tree” at http://wanderingtree.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/back-from-narnia-2/ “Friendship exhibits a glorious ‘nearness by resemblance’ to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases
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