The Reader and the Writer

This episode begins a three-part series on The Silver Chair. Shari teams up again with guest co-host, Rhea Forney for diving deep into Lewis's story of saving a prince, battling the powers of darkness, and critical importance of remembering the signs.

In this episode, Shari and guest co-host, Rhea Forney, continue their close reading of Horse and His Boy. In this episode, they discuss the importance of being in community, Aslan's strange behavior, and the image of Christ in the Hermit of the Southern March.

Shari and Rhea finish their close reading of Horse and His Boy. They discuss the prominence of water, the silence surrounding Shasta's conversion, and Lewis's secret mercurial thread woven throughout the story.

On Episode 12, Shari invites Rhea Forney to engage in a close reading of the next book in our Narnia series: The Horse and His Boy. In this episode, Shari and Rhea will discuss the benefits of close reading, the idea of uncovering the "aboutness" of any story, and how identity keeps coming to the forefront in the first chapters of The Horse and His Boy.

In this episode, Shari discusses Reepicheep, the most valiant character of Narnia thus far. She talks about courage, the definition of true hope, and why Reepicheep is an honorable and worthy guide for us in these self-identity crisis times in which we live.

Work Cited:

• Doris T. Myers, "The Compleat: Anglican, Spiritual Styles in the Chronicles of Narnia," Appendix Five of Paul Ford's book, Companion to Narnia


• The Bible, ESV, Matthew, Galatians

Intro and exit music: Dawn, by Ardie Son

In this episode, Shari discusses all the dancing in Prince Caspian. She goes through the five episodes of dancing in the story, reading some of those scenes from the book. Then she discusses why dancing plays such a prominent role in a story that is essentially about war, and how Lewis's medieval mind is at work again - this time from a medieval cosmology perspective.

Resources:

Planet Narnia by Michael Ward

Companion to Narnia, Revised and Expanded by Paul Ford

Intro and Exit music by Ardie Son, Dawn

We're heading back to Narnia on the podcast. In this episode, Shari introduces Prince Caspian and discusses the difference between Old Narnia and New Narnia. She then takes a look at what C. S. Lewis may be up to in contrasting the two - in particular with regards to his love of the medieval mind.

Article referenced: Louis Markos (2001), "Apologist for the Past: The Medieval Vision of C.S. Lewis's "Space Trilogy" and Chronicles of Narnia", Mythlore

Book referenced: C. S. Lewis (1964), The Discarded Image

Music by Ardie Son, Dawn

On this final episode in the Lenten series, Shari discusses how the story of Jonah is deeply connected to the narratives of Genesis 1-3; and suggests some big ideas we, as readers, might pick up on by reading the two stories side-by-side.

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In this episode, Shari dives deeper into the genre of satire, its history and its elements. She discusses the four elements of satire, and how these are expressed in Jonah's story.

On this episode, Shari takes the long and winding road to discovering Jonah's genre, why it's hard to determine, and why it really does matter.