Wise Words On Wednesday: Sympathy for the young
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
George MacDonald
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Wise Words on Wednesday: Sunset
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
George MacDonald
Wise Words on Wednesday: Trusted or loved?
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
George MacDonald
PWJ: S2E23 – TGD R – “Retrospective”
Sorry for the delay! This is the episode where Matt and I sit back and reflect on this past season going through The Great Divorce chapter by chapter.
S2E23: The Great Divorce Retrospective (Download)
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Time Stamps
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01:53 – The Quote-of-the-week
03:17 – The Kilmer Letters
05:03 – My appearance of Reason and Theology
07:10 – Book discussion begins…
07:16 – What did you think of this Season?
11:53 – How has this Season changed you?
16:34 – What are the main themes you’ve seen?
30:28 – What kind of ghost would you be?
44:40 – The “Last Call” Bell
PWJ: S2E13 – TGD 9 – “Meeting George”
The chapter today is really the pivot of The Great Divorce. In it, we meet George MacDonald, a writer whom Lewis had read on earth, but who is now a Bright Spirit. MacDonald explains much to Jack, particularly concerning the troubling accusations raised by the Hard-Bitten Ghost.
Since this chapter is so rich, Matt and I decided to divide it up into two episodes, so you’ll have to come back next week for the concluding part…
S2E13: “Meeting MacDonald” (Download)
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Read morePWJ: S2E10 – AA – Joseph Pearce
Today is another “After Hours” episode! Joseph Pearce has written books on Oscar Wilde, Hilaire Belloc, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. He is, among other things, the Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute and can be found podcasting over at Faith and Culture.
In this episode, Joseph and I will be discussing his book C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, which looks at Jack’s relationship to the Catholic Church and addresses the question asked by many Catholic C.S. Lewis fans: Why did Lewis not convert to Catholicism? Why didn’t he “Swim the Tiber”? We hope that all our listeners, regardless of denomination, will find this discussion interesting and very thought-provoking!
S2E10: “After hours” with Joseph Pearce (Download)
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Read moreOne minute book reviews: George MacDonald
Since in the podcast we are currently working our way through The Great Divorce, I thought it would be advisable to become more familiar with the character of George MacDonald. MacDonald was a minister and writer who greatly influenced C.S. Lewis. Lewis said that reading MacDonald’s Phantastes “baptized” his imagination.
I therefore read George MacDonald: An Anthology, which was assembled by C.S. Lewis. It contains 365 extracts from MacDonald’s work, such as the following:
#262 A Lonely Religion
There is one kind of religion in which the more devoted a man is, the fewer proselytes he makes: the worship of himself.
It was fascinating to see the themes and threads of thought I have seen in Lewis’ work in that of his master. It has certainly whet my appetite to read more of MacDonald’s work.