The rain had been falling against the windows of The Kilns for most of the evening.Inside, the fire had burned down to a red glow. Books covered the table. Some were open. Others had scraps of paper marking particular pages. C.S. Lewis sat at one end with his pipe resting beside him. Michael Ward had several pages of notes. Alister McGrath had brought a … [Read more...] about What Happened to Susan in Narnia? Why C.S. Lewis Left Her Behind
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Is Aslan Jesus? What C.S. Lewis Really Meant in Narnia
Edmund Pevensie had avoided the Stone Table for years.He had crossed battlefields since then. He had worn a crown. He had judged disputes between kings and spoken calmly in rooms where angry men reached for swords.Yet he had never wanted to come back here.Morning was beginning over Narnia.The great Stone Table lay split from end to end. Grass grew around its … [Read more...] about Is Aslan Jesus? What C.S. Lewis Really Meant in Narnia
The Sun Also Rises Themes & Analysis: Questions That Still Matter
Introduction A hundred years after The Sun Also Rises first appeared, the world surrounding Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley is almost unrecognizable. The wars are different, travel is faster, relationships are mediated through phones, gender roles have changed, and people possess freedoms Hemingway’s characters could scarcely have imagined. Yet the novel’s … [Read more...] about The Sun Also Rises Themes & Analysis: Questions That Still Matter
One God, Three Messengers: Jesus, Muhammad & Rev. Moon
Introduction On September 30, 2026, a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv nearly fell from the sky. The co-pilot attacked the captain with the cockpit's emergency axe, and the plane plunged thousands of feet. The captain was wounded but still got the cockpit door open, and passengers rushed in and overpowered the attacker. Reserve pilots landed safely in Saudi … [Read more...] about One God, Three Messengers: Jesus, Muhammad & Rev. Moon
Anthony de Mello’s Awareness: 5 Lessons for Modern Life
Introduction What if the life we are waiting for is already happening?We often imagine that happiness is just one achievement, one relationship, one change, one moment of approval, or one answer away. We tell ourselves that when something finally changes, we will relax. We will feel secure. We will know who we are. We will begin living.Anthony de Mello’s … [Read more...] about Anthony de Mello’s Awareness: 5 Lessons for Modern Life
War and Peace: An Imaginary Conversation on Life
Introduction What if the life we keep trying to reach is making us overlook the people already beside us?In Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, ambition, love, faith, and family unfold within events no individual can fully control. People pursue recognition, belonging, certainty, and happiness. Then life interrupts. A battle changes the meaning of glory. A … [Read more...] about War and Peace: An Imaginary Conversation on Life
Love As If You’ve Never Been Hurt: 5 Modern Stories
Introduction What If Healing Is Not About Getting Over the Hurt, but Returning to Life?What does it really mean to love as if you've never been hurt?Surely it cannot mean forgetting.A person who has been betrayed cannot simply erase betrayal.A grieving mother cannot pretend her child never died.A craftsman cannot restore the fingers he lost.A father cannot … [Read more...] about Love As If You’ve Never Been Hurt: 5 Modern Stories
Martyr Kaveh Akbar Book Club Questions: 25 Big Questions
Introduction What if the biggest questions in Martyr! cannot be answered by the characters alone?Cyrus Shams spends much of the novel trying to understand death, suffering, faith, addiction, identity, art, and the possibility that a life must somehow justify itself.Part 1 let Cyrus, Roya, Ali, Zee, Arash, Leila, and Sang speak from inside those … [Read more...] about Martyr Kaveh Akbar Book Club Questions: 25 Big Questions
Martyr Kaveh Akbar Analysis: Meaning, Death & Suffering
Introduction What if the hardest question in Martyr! is not whether death can have meaning, but why human beings feel such a powerful need to make suffering mean something?Cyrus Shams has spent much of his life searching for an answer.His mother was supposedly killed when Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down. His father lived a difficult immigrant life raising … [Read more...] about Martyr Kaveh Akbar Analysis: Meaning, Death & Suffering
If God Is One, Why Do Religions Divide Us?
Introduction If God is loving, why has religion so often become a reason to divide, condemn, and kill?Across centuries, human beings have built temples, mosques, and churches in search of the divine. Yet the walls raised to honor God have sometimes become barriers separating one community from another. Sacred names meant to guide people toward mercy have … [Read more...] about If God Is One, Why Do Religions Divide Us?