S2E23 – TGD R – “Retrospective”
Sorry for the delay! This is the episode where Matt and I sit back and reflect on this past season going through The Great Divorce chapter by chapter. Click on the episode title for the Show Notes!
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The Genius of C.S. Lewis: The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce is probably my favourite of all of Lewis’ books. It is a fictional book where Lewis ponders what would happen if souls […]
S2E22.5 -Bonus – Packing for England!
Hey everyone, I’m afraid there’s no substantial episode this week as I’m packing for my trip to England tomorrow. Click on the episode title for the Show Notes!
S2E22 – AH – Louis Markos
Today I speak to Dr. Louis Markos, Professor in English at Houston Baptist University and author of the book Heaven and Hell: Visions of the Afterlife in the Western Poetic Tradition. In this work, Professor Markos devotes a chapter to The Great Divorce, as well as the book to which Lewis was responding, Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
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S2E21 – TGD 14 – “Sunrise”
We arrive today at the final chapter of The Great Divorce. Lewis sees a vision of a chessboard to help him understand the relationship between time and eternity and the sun, which throughout this book has been hidden, finally rises…
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S2E20 – TGD 13 – “The Dwarf and The Tragedian”
Last week we read that Sarah Smith was starting to get through to her ghostly husband. In today’s chapter we see the conclusion of that encounter and MacDonald explains why misery must one day be unable to affect joy…
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The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #27
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S2E19 – TGD 12 – “The Great Lady”
The focus of today’s chapter is not a ghost, but a Saint. According to MacDonald, she is “one of the great ones”, although you’ll have never heard of her before. This week we see even more clearly how fame on earth and fame in Heaven are two very different things. We also vividly see the danger of living behind masks as we meet her husband…
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S2E18 – AA – Justin Thomas
In today’s “After Hours” interview, I speak to Justin Thomas, a Pastor at Calvary: The Hill in Seattle. Justin’s congregation was behind “The Great Divorce Project” YouTube channel. These are the videos I’ve been talking about over the course of this Season which Matt keeps forgetting to watch beforehand. In this episode, I sat down with Pastor Justin and asked about the origins and goals of The Great Divorce Project.
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The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #26
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