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  • C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer

    C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer0

    Do you ever pray? Pew Research recently posed that question to Americans and found that if the U.S. was a village composed of 100 people, just a little more than half would pray daily. Twenty-one percent would pray weekly or monthy, while 23 percent rarely would. I found this scenario interesting, particularly when viewed in

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  • C.S. Lewis on Government, Economics, and Freedom

    C.S. Lewis on Government, Economics, and Freedom0

    The beloved novelist and Christian thinker C. S. Lewis was born on Nov. 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. In honor of his 119th birthday, here are six quotes from Lewis on government, economics, and freedom: On democratic government: “I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are

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  • C.S. Lewis on Fapping

    C.S. Lewis on Fapping0

    First Things recently reposted an article called “Escaping the Prison of the Self” that includes some insights from C.S. Lewis on the topic of masturbation. What’s interesting is that the excerpt includes no reference to the Bible or religion, but rather focuses on the actual psychology of the act. According to Wesley Hill, the excerpt

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  • C.S. Lewis on Avoiding the Prayers the Devil Likes

    C.S. Lewis on Avoiding the Prayers the Devil Likes0

    Holy Week 2019 started like no other with the horrific burning of Notre Dame Cathedral. Holy Week 2020 will be a bit less sensational than its predecessor, but nonetheless, different from anything we’ve ever seen. President Trump acknowledged this in his Palm Sunday coronavirus update, saying: “We may be apart… but we can use this

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  • C.S. Lewis on “The Essential Evil” of Schools

    C.S. Lewis on “The Essential Evil” of Schools1

    Author C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) attended school in England between the ages of 9 and 15. During that time, Lewis was for the most part blessed with good teachers. Yet, in reflecting back on his experience, Lewis describes in his autobiography what he also came to see as “the essential evil of public-school life.” (“Public school”

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  • C.S. Lewis Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s High School English Courses

    C.S. Lewis Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s High School English Courses1

    My colleague Devin Foley recently had a high school literature assignment come across his desk. As he explains so aptly here, the assignment did not touch on any of the ideas contained in classic literary works; instead, it asks students to research modern, social-justice related issues, such as Black Lives Matter, Confederate statues, and gender

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