Lesser-Known Lewis: Christian Reflections on C. S. Lewis's Essays and Short Works

Exploring a 1956 sermon by C. S. Lewis, "A Slip of the Tongue," where Lewis realizes he accidentally prayed to hold onto temporal things. He reflects in the sermon that, even though it was a slip of the tongue, and meant to pray the opposite, the reality is he (and all of us with him) really do wish to hang onto the temporal things. He challenges us to consider - are there areas of our lives that we are keeping out of reach of God? Or are we truly giving God all of ourselves?

The music for this episode is "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album ⁠⁠The Cathedral Project,⁠⁠ is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.

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To reflect on the Lenten themes of C. S. Lewis' 1943 essay "Three Kinds of Men," Sean and Jordan recruit the help of their students at Eston College. We keep coming back to the ways Lewis is simply expounding on St. Paul's letter to the Philippians.

Eston College

The music for this episode is "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album ⁠The Cathedral Project,⁠ is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.

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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1942 essay "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" where he dismantles Freud's view of how all literature is written and read from a place of psycho-sexual desire. In doing so, Lewis defends the depth and beauty and complexity of literature and myth, and leans towards a more Jungian concept of literature and myth.

Chris Pipkin's Links —

The Inklings Variety Hour Podcast

"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin⁠

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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1942 essay "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" where he dismantles Freud's view of how all literature is written and read from a place of psycho-sexual desire. In doing so, Lewis defends the depth and beauty and complexity of literature and myth, and leans towards a more Jungian concept of literature and myth.

Chris Pipkin's Links —

⁠The Inklings Variety Hour Podcast⁠

⁠"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin⁠⁠

The William O'Flaherty Episode with Corey Latta on "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism"

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This letter, written Oct 1, 1931 by a young C. S. Lewis to his closest friend Arthur Greeves, is uniquley timed. It was written 9 days after the influential conversation Lewis had on Addison's Walk with friends Tolkien and Dyson, and four days after his conversion to Christ (what has become known as "Sidecar Day"). Here Lewis tells Arthur more about the conversation and we get a peek into how Lewis found the idea of Myth Becoming Fact, compelling enough to lead him to Christ.

Links — 

⁠"They Stand Together" The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves⁠

⁠C. S. Lewis Collected Letters⁠

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Exploring the second part of the 1944 C. S. Lewis essay "Myth Became Fact" where Lewis defends Christianity against the de-mythologizing. He argues that the mythic nature of Christianity is essential and that what elevates it above all other myths is that this Myth actually became Fact. That is, it really happened. This was the idea that J. R. R. Tolkien argued with the non-Christian Lewis, which led to Lewis' conversion.

Find ⁠Andrew Lazo at his own website⁠ or as a regular co-host on the ⁠Pints with Jack Podcast.⁠

⁠Andrew's book "Mere Christians" ⁠

⁠Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"⁠

Camille Parkman's song, ⁠⁠⁠⁠"Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel"⁠⁠⁠⁠ can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.

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Exploring the 1944 C. S. Lewis essay "Myth Became Fact" where Lewis defends Christianity against the de-mythologizing. He argues that the mythic nature of Christianity is essential and that what elevates it above all other myths is that this Myth actually became Fact. That is, it really happened. This was the idea that J. R. R. Tolkien argued with the non-Christian Lewis, which led to Lewis' conversion.

Find Andrew Lazo at his own website or as a regular co-host on the Pints with Jack Podcast.

Andrew's book "Mere Christians"

Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"

Camille Parkman's song, ⁠⁠⁠"Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel"⁠⁠⁠ can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.

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This letter, written Sept 22, 1931 by a young C. S. Lewis to his closest friend Arthur Greeves, is uniquley timed. It was written during the week in-between the influential conversation Lewis had on Addison's Walk with friends Tolkien and Dyson, and the day of Lewis' conversion to Christ (what has become known as "Sidecar Day"). Not surprisingly, during this week and in this letter to Arthur, Lewis had Sensucht on his mind.

Links — 

"They Stand Together" The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves

C. S. Lewis Collected Letters

LKL's 2022 Advent episodes on "The Weight of Glory"

Pints with Jack Season 7 on Lewis' Letters

"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin

Camille Parkman's song, ⁠⁠"Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel"⁠⁠ can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.

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**SPOILER ALERT** Listen to this short story first here: ⁠⁠"The Man Born Blind"⁠ ⁠Or find where you can read it at ⁠⁠pintswithjack.com/essays⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We are back with Dr. Charlie W. Starr to talk about the theme of Sensucht in the short story "Light" and in the rest of Lewis' writings. It was Sensucht that alerted Lewis that there was more to this world than this world, and we find it the perfect theme to help us reflect through Advent.

Camille Parkman's song, ⁠"Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel"⁠ can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.

Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

To celebrate the first ever C. S. Lewis Reading Day today on Lewis' 125th Birthday, we have an unreleased clip from our earlier episode with Dr. Jerry Root (See "Is Theology Poetry?"). Here Jerry tells us about his life and the huge influence Lewis played in teaching him the faith, expanding his imagination, and pointing his desires towards Christ.

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