Crystal Sullivan Hurd kindly gave us permission to repost a blog post she wrote after attending the 2012 C.S. Lewis Retreat in Navasota, Texas. The original post appeared on her blog and can be found at http://crystalhurd.com/?p=474 At the conclusion of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy and Aslan have an important exchange: “Oh Aslan,” said […]
Southwest Regional Retreat
C.S. Lewis Foundation: A Calling
Our friend Nan Rinella (who also has very graciously served as a long term volunteer and staff member/event director for our Texas events) recently wrote us a letter about some of her experiences with the C.S. Lewis Foundation and past C.S. Lewis Retreats. She said it would be fine to share with you after she […]
All that I Hoped It Would Be and More
Thinking of attending the Southwest Retreat next month? Want to find out more about it? Here’s Curlonda Simm’s article about her experience at the Writers Workshop portion last year. We hope you can join us ! Click here for more information and to register. The C.S. Lewis Writers Workshop at Camp Allen was all that […]
Harland M. “Scott” Irvin Passes Away
It is with deep sadness that we pass along news of the passing of the Rev. Scott Irvin. Those of you who have joined us at Camp Allen anytime in the last eight years will remember this warm, gregarious, and gentle man with his ready smile and his twinkling eyes. While we rejoice that he […]
Holly Ordway’s Inspiration at Camp Allen
For a CS Lewis fan, what could be better than three days holed up in a beautiful retreat center in the Texas piney woods, sharing in fellowship and conversation with like-minded folks? Answer: nothing!
Rather than walk through all the events of a very, very busy four days (I arrived on the Thursday and left on the Sunday), I will pull out a few highlights of the 2010 CS Lewis Retreat, starting with Malcolm Guite and ending with the C.S. Lewis College!