Video Series: The problem of pain
Today I’d like to share the episode from the video series where Matt and I ask, “If there is a good God, why is there suffering and evil?”
Tag: C.S Lewis
Video Series: Is faith blind?
Earlier this week I shared the pilot episode of the video series which Matt and I recorded. Today I’d like to share the first main episode, which asks the question, “Is Faith blind?”
Video Series: C.S. Lewis and me…
I’ve just realized that I haven’t posted here any of the episodes from the video series which Matt and I have just started to release!
In this episode, Matt and I talk about how we met and how we first encountered C.S. Lewis…
Music Monday: Travelers Song
A friend recently told me about the band, “Future of Forestry”, a band named after a poem by C.S. Lewis. I’ve spent the day listening to them. Here’s my favourite song so far, the appropriately titled “Travelers Song”…
Wait, stay here and have a drink of time
A drink of time
Wait, before you split yourself in two
There’s time for you
If you travel here, you will feel it all
The brightest and the darkest
If you travel here, listen to your heart
And take with you what lasts forever
Sleep, and dream a dream of when you fly
When you fly
See through traveler’s eyes once again
To love and give
PintsWithJack.com Launched!
I’m pleased to announce that today Matt and I have launched www.pintswithjack.com, a new website specifically for the podcast and to host our new YouTube series:
Can Netflix Save Narnia?
You may have heard recently that the Chronicles of Narnia are coming to Netflix! Can Netflix save the struggling franchise? Glumpuddle from the Talking Beasts podcast discusses…
One minute book review: CS Lewis and the Catholic Church
C.S. Lewis & the Catholic Church is a book which investigates a fascinating question: why didn’t C.S. Lewis convert to Catholicism? After all, many Catholics who read Lewis discover a faith which they very must recognize as Catholic (with a capital “C”). One of his best friends, Tolkien, was a Catholic, he possessed a robust sacramental theology, believed in Purgatory and went to confession regularly. Why did he not “swim the Tiber”?
Joseph Pearce takes the reader through a tour of several of Lewis’ works, particularly The Pilgrim’s Regress, Surprised By Joy, The Great Divorce and Mere Christianity, tracing the threads of Catholic thought which can be found there, as well the points of contention with the Catholic Faith. He also digs into Lewis’ Ulster background, seeing what prejudices may have been deeply laid in his childhood.
One nice addition to this book was the appendix, which recounted the stories of those devoted to Lewis who eventually converted to Catholicism, including his own secretary, Walter Hooper. Lewis may have never formally entered into communion with the Bishop of Rome, but it becomes clear that his writings nevertheless influenced others in their journey “home to Rome”.