God Bless You: Spring 2024
Do you remember the story of Isaac and his twin sons, Esau and Jacob? As he was approaching death, Isaac planned to give his blessing…
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Unexpected & Mysterious: Winter 2023
“As I stood beside a flowering currant bush on a summer day there suddenly arose in me without warning, and as if from a depth…
Experience Changes Us: Fall 2023
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship,” Thomas Aquinas wrote, “he would keep it in port forever.” His point, of…
Great Fun: Summer 2023
When we came up with the theme for this quarter’s issue of Inspire magazine— “Play”—I immediately thought of a passage toward the end of C.S….
May We Live in Hope: Spring 2023
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall…
Starved for Stillness: Winter 2022
One of my favorite sentences from one of my favorite essays by C.S. Lewis is: “We live in a world starved for solitude, silence, and…
Our Own Far-off Country: Fall 2022
C.S. Lewis didn’t deliver many sermons. Most of his literary output was in the form of academic articles and books, children’s stories, and essays defending…
On Love: Summer 2022
A couple of days before writing this piece, I conducted a wedding for a young couple. It is, of course, something pastors do routinely. And,…
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