S7E1 – “Welcome to Season 7!”

Andrew, David, and Matt return to say hello and kick-off Season 7…

S7E1: “Welcome to Season 7!” (Download)

Show Notes

Introduction

Quote-of-the-week

And it is an essential of the happy life that a man would have almost no mail and never dread the postman’s knock. In those blessed days I received, and answered, only two letters a week; one from my father, which was a matter of duty, and one from Arthur which was the high light of the week, for we poured out to each other on paper all the delight that was intoxicating us both.

C.S. Lewis, Surprised By Joy (Chapter 9)

Chit-Chat

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Toast

• Matt: Water
• Andrew: Sherry Oak Cask Macallen 12
• David: Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout with a La Croix chaser

Discussion

01. “The Hols”

• The Fulfillment of All Desire by Ralph Martin
• He Leadeth Me: An Extraordinary Testament of Faith by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., and Daniel L. Flaherty S.J.
• Be Healed by Bob Schuchts

02. “Season Seven”

• Letters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis
• The Major and the Missionary: The Letters Of Warren Hamilton Lewis And Blanche Biggs by Diana Pavlac Glyer
• Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments by Joy Davidman
• The Literary Life Podcast
• Northrop Frye
• C.S. Lewis’ Letters to Children by C.S. Lewis
• The Latin Letters of C.S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis
• Plato
• St. Augustine
• Boethius
• Julian of Norwich
• Edmund Spenser
• Charles Williams
• George MacDonald
• The Golden Key by George MacDonald
• Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

03. “Reading Jack’s Mail”

• C. S. Lewis: A Complete Guide to His Life & Works by Walter Hooper
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis

04. “The Collections – Letters to an American Lady”

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05. “The Collections – Letters to Children”

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06. “The Collections – The Latin Letters”

• Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

A noble friend is the best gift. A noble enemy is the next best.

C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

Wrap-Up

Concluding Thoughts

Dear Joan,

Thanks for your letter and pictures. I say, you are lucky to have armour! I would have loved it when I was a boy, but it never came my way. The kind you have would be even better for Vikings etc. instead of Arthurian knights. As for doing more Narnian books than seven, isn’t it better to stop when people are still asking for more, than to go on when they are tired?

Love from yours,

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis, Letter to Joan, May 7th, 1954

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