Living Sacrifices

In case you are interested, I've posted a brief sermon on Solid People which shows something of what C. S. Lewis' book Till We Have Faces and St. Paul's letter to the Romans have in common. The sermon lasts about 17 minutes and you can listen by going here.

C. S. Lewis and Science Fiction

I have posted a brief video summary of my lecture on C. S. Lewis, Science Fiction, and Out of the Silent Planet at our last meeting on the Solid People blog. Go to Solid People to view it.

CCCF Partnership

Good news! Our Society has long been friends with the folks at Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (CCCF). We have now arranged for you to make tax-deductible contributions to the C. S. Lewis Society of Chattanooga through CCCF. You can simply send your cheque to them with a note that the money is to go to help our Society. For more information on CCCF, you can go here. Their mailing address is:
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
736 Market Street
Suite 700
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Our plan is to use the funds to help us meet expenses associated with having special speakers.
Thank you!

Meetings over coming months

We had a good turnout at Rock Point Books for the first of our 3 meetings about Lewis' Space Trilogy (or Ransom Trilogy, if you will). The February meeting will be on Friday, the 19th. The March date is having to be changed. Will Vaus will be with us on 23 April instead of 16 April. Don King is still coming in May. We'll continue to keep you posted on details.

Christian Happiness

I just wrote a brief blog entry at Solid People to comment on David Horner's article in April on C. S. Lewis and his ethical understanding. You may find it helpful.

First Meeting of the New Year!

We start off 2010 with the bang of rocket engines as we enter the world of Science Fiction with one of its famous fans: C. S. Lewis! We will discuss the first of his Space Trilogy books: Out of the Silent Planet. If you've not read these, you are in for a treat!

Our meeting to discuss the book will be at Rock Point Books, 4th & Broad St., in downtown Chattanooga. We'll meet at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, 15 January. Hope you can get the book read ahead of time, but if not, come anyway!

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Audio of Sheldon Vanauken

Our friend Will Vaus has posted a link to a recording of Sheldon Vanauken reading the first chapter of his famous book A Severe Mercy. You can hear it by going here. Thanks, Will!

Our December Meeting this Friday

This was just sent to our e-mail list:

Dear Fans of C. S. Lewis:

Our December meeting will be this Friday, 7:00 p.m., at Rock Point Books, 4th and Broad, downtown. We will discuss the final section of Lewis' Mere Christianity. It's just the thing for us to study at this time of year. The 4th book is about the incarnation of the Son of God and His purpose to make us sons of God. We hope you can come.

The last chapter in Mere Christianity is entitled "The New Men." Thankfully, Lewis' broadcast of the substance of that chapter has survived! You can listen to it by going here:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/cslewisbeyondpersonality.htm

You'll find he gets around to the material in "The New Men" in the latter part.

I'll also post this on our website. Maybe I'll play it at the meeting, too!

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Hope you can come Friday. If not, let me here wish you and your loved ones a blessed and merry Christmas!

Long live the True King!