“There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to be a purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us. We may think this rather crude and unspiritual. God … [Continue reading]
C.S. Lewis: the realization of sin is the sign of God’s presence
“It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.” ? C.S. Lewis There is a saying from the Desert Fathers that is a longer way of expressing the same thought. A brother questioned Abba Poemen in … [Continue reading]
Christian America or America full of Christians?
“[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist’s shop.” -- C.S. … [Continue reading]
Hate the sin, love the sinner is a very old thought
“I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man's actions but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the sin but not the sinner. ...I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate … [Continue reading]
C.S. Lewis and God’s training for us
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” -- C.S. Lewis I remember the training I received under a drill instructor at the time of the Vietnam War. They (for there … [Continue reading]
Bullying and C.S. Lewis
There is a strong modern emphasis today on stopping bullying in the schools. Sadly, there are those who behave as though this is wrong and we ought to allow kids to "suffer hardship" in order to "build their character." But, as Christians we would … [Continue reading]
Brave knights and heroic courage
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage." -- C.S. Lewis One of the reasons that both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics speak so highly and so frequently about … [Continue reading]
Fairy tales need to be read
Scary fairy tale by NRichey on DeviantArt My dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and … [Continue reading]
Courage shows when a virtue is tested
Thought for the Day - September 17th by ebturner on DeviantArt C.S. Lewis commented, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at its testing point.” We so often describe courage in either extreme ways or nonsensical … [Continue reading]
The devil, this election, and opposites
He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight … [Continue reading]
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