“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began.” Seventy years after its publication on May 2, 1955, why do we still love Lewis’s sixth Chronicles of Narnia book, The Magician’s Nephew?

Notice how the Jadis casting was leaked and then confirmed within a few days, yet we have nothing but a rumor of being “in talks” and radio silence re: Aslan? If Greta locked in Streep, a Hollywood legend, wouldn’t they have celebrated it with a very clear confirmation ?

I predict this rumor is an anchor—a way to prepare fans for the worst—while the actual casting change is much less drastic or controversial. . . .

—@NarniaYouTube thread on X, April 28, 2025

‘Tis the season for graduations. Right now some students are happy to leave their textbooks behind . But what sorts of books should faithful readers want to take with them, not just in their childhood and teenage years, but into their lives as Christ-following grown-ups? Next week’s guest has given many graduation speeches, and created his own middle-grade fantasy: Houston Christian University president Dr. Robert Sloan.