As a reader, I feel that film adaptations of novels can be good but are often inferior to the written works for two reasons. First, given the film’s shorter length, the novel must be … A Haunting in VeniceRead more
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Grief’s Numbing Weight
Friday my good friend Rodrigo Chavarría died. A pleasant day out with my wife was suddenly changed as I checked our telephone messages. Rodrigo was dead a friend’s recorded voice told us. My wife wept, … Grief’s Numbing WeightRead more
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of Till We Have Faces, the subject of the third of my reflections on Lewis’s novel, contains three important developments. We learn more about the Fox’s beliefs. Psyche is born. The first … C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces Chapter 2Read more
A Semester with C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces (Introduction)
One of the privileges and pleasures of teaching at a classical Christian school like Cair Paravel Latin School (www.cpls.org) is working with a wonderful faculty. This semester for faculty development we are all reading … A Semester with C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces (Introduction)Read more
