Then, when you least expect it, at your deepest, darkest moment, your hand brushes up against the edge of the cave wall and, this time, a strange feeling begins to stir deep within you. Taking a gasp of breath, you realize there is something there; someone has heard your cry; someone has given you a... Sign in to see full entry.
An attempt at a short story - part 1 To be lost is like waking up one day and finding yourself in a pitch black cave. The cave is so dark that you cannot see your hand in front of your face. As you attempt to get your bearings, you stumble around, scraping your hands and knees on the sharp jagged... Sign in to see full entry.
C. S. Lewis is a man who not only acknowledges the unsatisfied longings that drive his life; the unsatisfied longing for beauty, the unsatisfied longing for joy, the unsatisfied longing for acknowledgement, and the unsatisfied longing for connection with the Creator of the universe. He also chooses... Sign in to see full entry.
Just a couple more postings on Lewis: Lewis’ life and writings give people visual concepts that not only assist them in noticing, but also help his readers in moving towards an authentic connection with God. Hooper quotes Lewis as saying, “there is no question of a God up there or out there; rather,... Sign in to see full entry.
In Lewis’ last book called, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, he writes that while mankind has been created for relationship with God, they need not wait for Heaven to participate in this relationship, or connection. Reasoning that God is not only Creator of all things; thus, above all things,... Sign in to see full entry.
C. S. Lewis helps people to identify the unsatisfied desire for beauty, the unsatisfied desire for joy, and the unsatisfied desire for acknowledgement, and, whether they realize it or not, using reason and imagination, Lewis proposes their ultimate fulfillment lies in choosing to connect with the... Sign in to see full entry.
Lewis’ writings, those after becoming a Christian, nurture and supernaturally express the longing for acknowledgement God has placed within every human being. His readers connect with his books, many without realizing the hunger that lies within, and find hope, as well as fear, that one day their... Sign in to see full entry.
C. S. Lewis’ life and writings not only center on the theory all people, whether they realize it or not, are moved by unsatisfied longings; the longing for beauty, the longing for joy, but also by the longing for acknowledgement. Lewis believes people will turn to stories, fantasies and myths, where... Sign in to see full entry.
C. S. Lewis’ search for longing moved him toward the acceptance of the “True myth”, Christianity, and in 1931, following a conversation with J. R. R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson, Lewis writes to Arthur Greeves stating “he had just passed on from believing in God to definitely believing in Christ, in... Sign in to see full entry.
Lewis’ life and writings not only acknowledge that within all individuals there is a longing for beauty, which cannot be attained in this world, but people also have an unsatisfied longing for joy. In Surprised by Joy, The Shape of My Early Life, Lewis describes joy as distinctly different from... Sign in to see full entry.