Earlier in the year, Matt interviewed Douglas Gresham about life with his stepfather, C.S. Lewis. Today Douglas returns to talk about his life in the post-Lewis years.
S4E13: – “After Hours” with Douglas Gresham” (Download)
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Timestamps
00:00 – Entering “The Eagle & Child”…
00:11 – Welcome
00:59 – Biographical details
02:47 – Quote-of-the-week
05:40 – Conversion and the Christian Life
12:20 – The Rathvinden Ministry
29:51 – Jack and Joy’s Love
34:04 – Supporting Jack
37:01 – Douglas and Merrie
44:41 – Legacy
49:41 – Jack’s humour
52:55 – The Screwtape Letters
54:54 – Till We Have Faces
56:24 – “Last Call” Bell and Closing Remarks
YouTube Version
After Show Skype Session
In today’s Skype Session I talk about Doughlas’ two books, Lenten Lands and Jack’s Life:
Show Notes
Opening
Biography
Douglas is an American / British stage and voice over actor, biographer, film producer and executive record producer. He’s written an autobiography called Lenten Lands which chronicles his early life. He’s also written a book titled Jack’s Life about his stepfather C.S. lewis. Further, he is one of two sons of Joy Davidman, who we have learned a lot about from Patti Callahan and discussed on many different occasions on the podcast.
Biographical Information about Douglas Gresham
Quote-of-the-week
- The quote-of-the-week:
“Much has happened in my life since I wrote this book; much has changed in both my life and my self. For details of this you will have to wait for the next autobiographical tome, but for the moment suffice it to say that I now live in Ireland and I have committed my life to Christ and His service. I made the leap from nominal Anglicanism to committed Christianity following Merrie some years after her own decision. As you will know if you have read this far, I always believed in God and in Jesus Christ; my problem was not one of belief, but one of arrogance and pride. I did not want to submit my life to any authority other than my own and it took me a long time to realise that I am simply not qualified to run it myself.”
Douglas Gresham, Lenten Lands
Drink-of-the-week
No drink this episodee!
Patreon Toast
No toast this episode
Discussion
- Matt had previously interviewed Douglas back in Season 3:
- Matt and Douglas spoke about conversion and the Christian Life
- Douglas shared about the Rathvinden Ministry with his wife in Ireland
- They spoke about the love of his mother and stepfather and Douglas’ marriage advice
- Matt asked Douglas about his legacy.
- As the interview drew to a close, they spoke about Jack’s humour, as well as The Screwtape Letters and Till We Have Faces.
- Here is Douglas (right) modelling a Pints With Jack T-Shirt. The chap on the left is Robert who is recording a documentary about Douglas’ life – expect to see him on an episode sometime next year…
