Dear Friends, This week’s message is an excerpt from a talk I gave at a camp meeting last summer. I send it to you for your encouragement. Do you believe that Jesus? silence is an answer? Can we accept that his time is not our time, that his way is not the way we […]
Mary Carol Howell
Called by Ryan Pemberton
Friend of the Foundation and former Scholar-In-Residence at the Kilns, Ryan Pemberton, has recently released his new book Called, a memoir recounting Ryan’s life in Oxford, where he studied, lived, and gave tours at C.S. Lewis’ former home. You can read the synopsis below and purchase this book by clicking here. Called is the heart-breaking, humorous, […]
A Word of Grace – February 16, 2015
Dear Friends, The room bore the common scent of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings everywhere– the metallic smell of acidic coffee and stale cigarette smoke. A construction worker stood up to tell his story. He’d stopped after work as always for a “few” beers at a local bar. Drunk and morose, he got home just in […]
A Word of Grace – January 5, 2015
Dear Friends, Emotional commitments to keep Christmas in our hearts all year long fade faster than tinsel blows away in winter winds. As we come to the end of December, we take down the tree, pack up the figures of the nativity, and put away the lights. But what will we do with the […]
Dr. Jonathan Kirkpatrick’s Photographs of Oxford Available for Purchase
Friend of the Foundation and former Scholar-in-Residence at The Kilns Dr. Jonathan Kirkpatrick has recently received attention for his beautiful photographs of Oxford architecture and landscape. In a recent interview with Oxford Today, Jonathan described his recent work: “I enjoy taking photographs of reflections in puddles and ponds during the winter. At a dark time […]