And the winner of the voting for the 2011 Summer Institute postcard is, by popular demand the following candidate. Not only did it receive the lion share of the votes, it also fit the 2011 theme (Paradigms of Hope: Transcending Chaos & Transforming Culture) perfectly. Those of you who were at the 2008 Summer Institute […]
Oxbridge 2008
Children’s Library Uses Narnia Theme
Cathy Crow, one of our friends and an alumnus of several of our conferences, including Oxbridge 2008, recently sent us an article describing her church’s creation of a Narnia themed library. Cathy, a professional librarian, spearheaded the project, and is featured in the article. We thank the Columbia Metropolitan magazine, author Susan Fuller Slack, and […]
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 […]
Our Winter 2009 Print Newsletter Is Now Available Online!
To find out the latest news on the mission, work, and events of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, download the pdf version of our print newsletter by visiting our newsletter page here. Included in the newsletter are articles on Oxbridge 2008 Summer Institute, the Summer Seminars at The Kilns, Camp Allen, the Blue Plaque ceremony at […]
A Friend & Oxbridge 08 Alumnus Passed Away Last Week
We have been saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Prentice Meador (70) on November 25th in Nashville. Prentice held the Baxter Chair of Preaching at Lipscomb University, and he was a minister in various congregations of the Church of Christ for over 40 years. Over the past ten years he gave lecture series […]