“The very air here calls my heart to dance…” I wrote this sonnet while staying as a Scholar in Residence at the Kilns, C.S. Lewis’ home. During my stay, I realized that Oxford, and the Kilns and surrounding woods and fields in particular, is a ‘thin place’ for me: a place where what one might
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C.S. Lewis News Roundup
Since there are several bits of Lewis related news this week, I’ve put them together into one blog post for your convenience. Lewis on list of those who turned down honors from the Queen Though I am pretty sure this was already commonly known in Lewis studies (I remember reading it somewhere), C.S. Lewis turned
A Sonnet for The Kilns
As I write this, I am staying at The Kilns as a Scholar in Residence through the C.S. Lewis Foundation. It’s my first visit to The Kilns, and it’s marvelous. The house has been lovingly restored by volunteer labor to be much as possible how it was when C.S. Lewis and his brother Warnie lived
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer Debuts
The trailer for next year’s film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just debuted. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, the first of the two films will be released in theatres on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, will be released the following year on December 13, 2013. So
The Great Divorce Comes to California Baptist University
For those of you living in Southern California, California Baptist University is presenting a theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce starting this weekend. In addition, don’t miss the post-show discussions with C.S. Lewis Foundation’s Vice President, Dr. Gayne Anacker, and our close friend, Dr. Scott Key! California Baptist University Theatre Arts presents A