A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works

A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works
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This ebook comprises an inspirational readings for each day of the year, demonstrating why C.S. Lewis remains one of the world’s best-loved writers.Few people, whether children or adults, have not been touched by the incredible literary works of C.S. Lewis. Whether their lives have been touched by the Chronicles of Narnia, or the more spiritual Mere Christianity, Lewis continues to be one of the most influential authors and his ‘voice’ is as loud today as it ever was.An attractive and collectible gift book, this volume is perfectly designed for those interested in, and intrigued by, daily meditation. It collects material from across the breadth of Lewis’s writing talent, taking brief selections from many of his non-fiction works. These extracts are accompanied by brief and engaging snippets of biographical information, offering the reader a more intimate look at Lewis’s life in the context of his writings.

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A Year with C. S. Lewis

Daily Readings from His Classic Works

C. S. LEWIS

Edited by Patricia S. Klein


Contents

Cover

Title Page

26 Diabolical Pride

27 School Pride

28 Point of Contact

29 The First Step

30 Humility 101

31 Humility, the Wrong End

April

1 Humility, the Right End

2 The Primary Sin

3 The Gentle Slope to Nothing

4 Closer to God—or Closer to Hell?

5 A Matter of Meanings

6 The Unselfishness Game

7 Half-Hearted Desires

8 A Gradual Turning

9 The Horror of the Same Old Thing

10 The Demand for Novelty

11 The Thrill Is Gone

12 My Time Is My Own

13 Uninspected Assumptions

14 Nuances of Ownership

15 Mine, Mine, Mine

16 A Mother’s Love

17 Domestic Tyranny

18 God at Her Elbow

19 Signs of Attrition

20 Unravelling Souls

21 The Secret Thread

22 The Hint of More

23 A Most Complete Wife

24 A World Starving

25 Welcome to the Family

26 Part of the Mystical Body

27 To Become Really Doggy

28 The Right Job

29 Two Final Points

30 Troughs and Peaks

May

1 Servants Who Become Sons

2 … And Still Obeys

3 At Just That Point in History

4 The Great Weapon

5 The Very Pattern of Reality

6 New Life

7 Vicarious Needs

8 It’s Not Fair

9 Full Surrender

10 With God’s Help

11 Nice Is Not Enough

12 That Some Day We May Ride Bare-Back

13 Recognizing Christ’s New Men

14 Imagine Being Who You Really Are

15 My Own Personality

16 All Good Masters Are Servants

17 God’s Arrangements

18 Blessed Matter

19 Carriers of Christ

20 A Body—Muscular, Vital, and Diverse

21 Should the Church Take the Lead?

22 A Christian Society

23 The Longest Way Round

24 For No Other Purpose

25 A Gentle Welcome

26 Creating Hatred in Church

27 A Suitable Church

28 Hints of Our Future

29 A Curious Consolation

30 Work Offered to God

31 Avoid Clarity

June

1 Untold Millions

2 The Apostolic Witness

3 What the Apostles Meant

4 The Beginning of the New Creation

5 Like a Ghost, Yet Not

6 A Much Stranger Story Than Expected

7 A Whole New Nature

8 No Ordinary People

9 What Did They See and What Did They Think They Saw?

10 Witness Reports

11 Reliable Eyewitnesses?

12 An Idea Why Heaven Is Always “Up”

13 Close Up and Small

14 Fitting into the Pattern

15 How to Think About the Miracles of Jesus

16 Be Careful What You Think You Want

17 Threshold of Belief

18 What the World Is Really Like

19 Discerning What’s Real

20 Everythingism

21 Wild Rumours

22 God in Our Prayers

23 Very Hard, Yet Very Easy

24 The Most Difficult Is the Easiest

25 Let’s Pretend

26 Pretending a Little Less

27 Pretence Becomes Reality

28 As We Become Like Christ

29 Rats in the Cellar

30 And More Rats Yet

July

1 Lead Them by the Nose

2 “I’m as Good as You Are”

3 The Undemocratic Incantation

4 The Tyranny of Democracy

5 The Democratic Imperative

6 Medicine, Not Food

7 New Perspective

8 Coming in Out of the Wind

9 The Full Treatment

10 “I Will Make You Perfect”

11 All or Nothing

12 Faux Humility

13 Simply a Phase

14 Cigars in Heaven

15 Tenderly, Tenderly

16 A Sword in God’s Hand

17 Two Sides of the Truth

18 Transformed

19 The Real Self

20 Defining Our Terms

21 Reflection of the Divine Life

22 Judging by Results

23 Out of Action



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