In the second livestream of the day on Lewis’ 125th birthday, the co-hosts are joined by the hosts of All About Jack, NarniaWeb, and Mere C.S. Lewis.
CS Lewis Reading Day Livestream (West Coast) (Audio Download)
Show Notes
Introduction
#CSLewisReadingDay Origin
Andrew recounted some of the story of event origin.
Beverages
- David: Vat 69
- Andrew: The MacAllen 16 Sherry Oak Cask and Guinness
- Matt: The MacAllen 12 Sherry Oak Cask
- Glumpuddle: Blue Moon
- Thornton: Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea
- William: –
Book Giveaway
David explained the book giveaway.
Toast
They toasted…Lewis readers everywhere, especially Pints with Jack supporters! And Jack, of course.
Discussion
01. “William O’Flaherty: Essential C. S. Lewis / All About Jack”
William O’Flaherty spoke about his website, EssentialCSLewis.com, and podcast, All About Jack. He also spoke about the Pilgrimage album by Phil Keaggy, and his own appearance on The Inklings Variety Hour: “The Misquotable C.S. Lewis with William O’Flaherty”.
02. “Glumpuddle/Brian Carnell: Narnia Web/Talking Beasts”
Brian Carnell is Glumpuddle at NarniaWeb.com and is co-host of the Talking Beasts Podcast. There was a brief discussion about the recent NarniaWeb article, Analysis: Netflix to “Break the Whole Arc” of Narnia Series? | Talking Beasts.
03. “Thornton Ray: Mere C. S. Lewis”
Thornton is a co-host on the Mere C.S. Lewis Podcast.
04. “Favourite Quotation/What Lewis means to me”
Q. What does C.S. Lewis mean to you, and what is your favourite quote of his?
How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing . . . it is irresistible. If even 10 percent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?
C.S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lady
When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
C.S. Lewis, On Three Ways of Writing for Children
- Bright Shadow of Reality: Spiritual Longing in C.S. Lewis by Corbin Scott Carnell
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis
- Wormwood Poem
How should man live save as glass
C.S. Lewis, Wormwood
To let the white light without flame, the Father, pass
Unstained: or else—opaque, molten to thy desire,
Venus infernal starving in the strength of fire!
Lord, open not too often my weak eyes to this.
Now I see that, all along, I was assuming a posterity
Of gentle hearts: someone, however distant in the depths of time,
Who could pick up our signal, who could understand a story. There won’t be.Between the new Hominidae and us who are dying, already
C.S. Lewis, Re-adjustment
There rises a barrier across which no voice can ever carry,
For devils are unmaking language.
When two people achieve lasting happiness, this is not solely because they are great lovers but because they are also – I must put it crudely – good people; controlled, loyal, fair-minded, mutually adaptable people.
C.S. Lewis, “We have no ‘Right to Happiness'”
When two people achieve lasting happiness, this is not solely because they are great lovers but because they are also – I must put it crudely – good people; controlled, loyal, fair-minded, mutually adaptable people.
C. S. Lewis, We Have No Right to Happiness
05. “Netflix Narnia”
Q. What do we know about the upcoming adaptions of The Chronicles of Narnia? What are your thoughts on them?
- Barbie (2023)
- Little Women (2019)
- Lady Bird (2017)
- The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
- The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis
- Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
- Greta Gerwig: What Narnia Fans Should Know
- Frances Ha (2012)
06. “Fantasy Inkling Adaptation”
Q. Which Inklings-related property would you like to see adapted next?
- Half Pint with Kathryn Wehr (“The Man Born to be King”)
- The Man Born to be King by Dorothy L. Sayers
- S6E36 – AH – Jack’s Bookshelf: Dorothy L. Sayers, After Hours with Dr. Crystal Downing
- That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
- A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
- Skype Session with Richaél Lucero
- Shadowlands (TV Movie 1986)
07. “Theme next year?”
Q. The Tolkien Society has themes for their reading day. Should we do that as well, and if so, what suggestions do you have for next year?
08. “The comments”
Some of the livestream comments were discussed.
09. “Favourite lesser-known Lewis work”
Q. Is there any lesser-known Lewis work that you’ve found interesting?
- The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
- The Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast
- The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis
- Meditation in a Toolshed by C.S. Lewis
10. “To Jesus through Lewis”
Q. We love Lewis because he brings us closer to Christ. How has Lewis impacted your own spiritual journey?
- Hour by Hour by Forward Movement
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Business of Heaven by C.S. Lewis
Why should your heart not dance?
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
Wrap Up
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