Gregory Pyne kindly gave us permission to repost a blog post about his experience at the 2012 C.S. Lewis Retreat in Navasota, Texas. The original post appeared on his blog “Wandering Tree” at http://wanderingtree.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/back-from-narnia-2/ “Friendship exhibits a glorious ‘nearness by resemblance’ to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases […]
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My Time in Narnia: The C.S. Lewis Retreat at Camp Allen
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 […]
C.S. Lewis on the Web – Sept. 5, 2012
Here are this week’s appearances of C.S. Lewis and his works across the web Books Malcom Guite, speaker, poet, and friend of the C.S. Lewis Foundation is featured on the Kingdom Poets blog. Read one of the sonnets from his upcoming book of sonnets called Sounding the Season, to be published by Canterbury Press in […]
C.S. Lewis Retreat: Only 5 more days for Super Early Bird discount
Register for The C.S. Lewis Retreat before July 15, 2012 and save up to $65 per person! Dates: November 9 – 11, 2012 Location: Camp Allen Retreat and Conference Center in Navasota, Texas Theme: “Choosing Heaven: Eternity in the Here & Now” Book: C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce Features three tracks: Retreat/Readers Track, Writers Workshop […]
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!