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November 9th, 2008
I should have named one of them Clive Staples.
In reading about Screwtape, I found this 1947 Time article about C.S. Lewis. Give it a read. It’s interesting to see him in his own time while enjoying our own Sunday morning coffee:
Lewis’ idea of Heaven is not the 20th Century’s watered-down version of ineffable, gaseous ecstasy, but a state as real as Sunday morning breakfast. It’s right there in the New Testament, says Lewis, referring to the resurrected Christ taking food with His disciples: “If the truth is that after death there comes a negatively spiritual life, an eternity of mystical experience, what more misleading way of communicating it could possibly be found than the appearance of a human form which eats boiled fish?”
November 9th, 2008
Dan Keller Says :
Two things:
1 – Like CS Lewis, I believe heaven is totally indescribable by human terms. Most people I run across think it’s a big family reunion in the sky. I look at it as a place where we will enjoy God forever.
2 – No, you shouldn’t have named one of them Clive Staples. That’s like naming your child “Beat Me Up At Recess;)”
November 9th, 2008
Fred Says :
Have you read Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright?
November 9th, 2008
cklewis Says :
No, I haven’t, Fred. Should I?
Dan, I *have* been thinking about Dunder Mifflin Lewis all day though.
November 9th, 2008
Fred Says :
I think you would like Surprised by Hope. It’s about how the church has missed the whole thrust of the New Testament when it comes to what happens when we die. Some of Wright’s ideas are like Lewis’s
November 15th, 2008
Kay Bonikowsky Says :
I just found your blog through the Please Reconcile site. I’m enjoying catching up and reading your entries. I was a student from 92-96 in the Film dept. I entered BJ reformed, hence I was able to keep my wits about me during my stay! I never had a problem disagreeing with those around me. Sounds like we have some things in common. God bless!