S2E7 – TGD 5 – “The Episcopal Ghost”
Today we meet my favourite character in The Great Divorce, the extremely frustrating Episcopal Ghost.
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Author Archive: David
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S2E6 – TGD 4 – “I gotta have my rights…”
We now begin the main body of The Great Divorce. In each subsequent chapter, Lewis will witness an encounter between a Ghost and a Bright Spirit where we will see what they are willing to choose in place of Heaven. In today’s episode we spend time with the Bright Spirit, Len, and his former boss, The Big Ghost, who is very insistent that he gets “his rights”…
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Video Series: The Greatest Sin
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S2E5 – TGD 3 – “Landing in Heaven”
Today we take our first steps into Heaven! The bus in which Lewis had been travelling alights in a new country and the passengers take their first tentative steps into this strange land…
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Video Series: ‘Til death do us part…
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S2E4 – AA – Patti Callahan
Our episode today is rather special. I sat down with New York Times best selling author, Patti Callahan, to discuss her recent book, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, which recounts the Improbable love story between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis.
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S2E3 – TGD 2 – “The bus ride in the clouds”
When we last left Lewis, he had got on a bus in a grey town and was now flying through the sky towards an unknown destination. In today’s episode we learn more about the passengers on the bus.
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S2E2.5 – Bonus – “The language we use…”
This week is a short episode and Matt and I are not discussing The Great Divorce. Instead I talk about an interaction I recently had on Facebook and how we’d all be better off if we took to heart a little piece of Lewisian wisdom…
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S2E2 – TGD 1 – “The bus stop in the grey town”
In today’s chapter we begin the actual story of The Great Divorce. Our protagonist, Lewis, finds himself in a grey town at twilight in the rain. He attaches himself to a queue at a bus stop and watches as people leave the line. Eventually the bus arrives and he begins his journey to his mysterious destination…
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S2E1 – TGD P – “Preface”
Today we start a new book! The Great Divorce is my favourite book by Lewis. Through the vehicle of Jack’s story, we get to see more clearly the daily choices which we make which takes us closer to either Heaven or Hell.
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