{"id":1996,"date":"2025-05-15T00:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:57:46","slug":"lancia-e-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/program\/speakers-artists\/lancia-e-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancia E. Smith\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1996\" class=\"elementor elementor-1996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215474a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"215474a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ac313 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"56ac313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"eael-breadcrumb-separator\">\/<\/span> <span class = \"eael-current\">Page<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5229f331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5229f331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ef11d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98ef11d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5d001 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e5d001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lancia-E-Smith-HR.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lancia-E-Smith-HR.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lancia-E-Smith-HR-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lancia-E-Smith-HR-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6269da74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6269da74\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5d49f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b5d49f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Afternoon Course Faculty<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27edbf72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27edbf72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lancia E. 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Smith\u202f On the subject of: Longing As Leading Speaker&#8217;s Website Lancia E. Smith is a long-time member and advisor on the Leadership Council of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, serving in a variety of capacities including our Program Planning Committee (various events) and organizational development consulting. 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