The summer is rocketing past, but I can check one more text off my summer reading list. I just finished The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs. It's a biography that connects the events of Lewis' life with the works that he produced. How interesting to see what was happening in his personal life while he was producing his varied writings. It would have been useful if I were more familiar with the Lewis canon beyond the Chronicles of Narnia and the Screwtape Letters, but it was still excellent.
The tragedies of so many of Lewis' human relationships are heart wrenching, but the fact that he was pursued by the Hound of Heaven is so encouraging. God is not intimidated by scholarship or deterred by blatant unbelief. Rather, He presents us with His-story. The winsomeness of His narrative is so attractive that hard hearts are softened, and people of every background and training who will hear can fall into the loving arms of the truth of Jesus.
Favorite quote: p 210, ""God did not die for man because of some value He perceived in him...He loved us not because we were lovable, but because He is Love." It is His love that gives value; we do not possess it."
Note for the future: Either read these library books and return them on time, or BUY the book! This is going to be expensive.
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