Tag Archives: C.S. Lewis

Fully Baked Zito

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Barry Zito has hit on a clever tactic to be left alone. In a GQ interview, he acknowledged that he was a Christian who enjoyed reading C.S. Lewis. His interviewer, Nathaniel Penn, gives what I think is an accurate recap … Continue reading →

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Clubbing with Clive and the Inklings

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Are you part of a club? Ever been apologetic or embarrassed by enjoying the company of like-minded souls in an environment where talking is the main activity? Tired of being pushed around by bottom-line types who question the wisdom of … Continue reading →

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Wilfredo and the evolution of a sure thing

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

The following takes place between 1:47 AM and 1:55 AM EST inside The Bar on Giralda in Coral Gables on December 23rd.  An entertaining live band, The 540′s–the band [pictured] proved to be surprisingly good despite featuring an attorney as … Continue reading →

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The Butterfly Effect and C.S. Lewis

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

On September 19th, 1931, after an intense conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis became a Christian. I humbly suggest that the Butterfly effect from that stage of his conversion — an earlier stage included a necessary pit-stop at Theism for … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of G.K. Chesterton in a blue sweater

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

I’ve been trying to complete reading — I’ve mastered just starting the book — G.K. Chesterton’s book, Manalive for over a year. Also in the past year, I have been making great use of the Miami-Dade Public Library system. Whenever … Continue reading →

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Through the eyes of a believer

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Quick, what do you see in the photo to the right? Go ahead and click on it, I’ll wait. If you see the mid-section of a male who recently underwent successful bypass surgery, the good news is that you are … Continue reading →

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God and imagination

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

The greatest Christian writers of the last century — C.S. Lewis [Chronicles of Narnia], G.K. Chesterton [The Ethics of Elfland, a chapter in Orthodoxy], and J.R.R. Tolkien [Lord of the Rings] — loved fairy tales. The reason is that those … Continue reading →

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28th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan Quoting C.S. Lewis

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

I’m always a sucker for a good CS Lewis quote: The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clear, carpeted, … Continue reading →

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Now That’s a Bunch of Lard

Posted on February 13, 2010 by

My love of Cuban Bread can survive knowledge of it’s ingredients, but why can’t food products have a spoiler alert? We could call the anti-spoiler law the IZ Alert. The IZ Alert law would acknowledge the inherent limitations of potentially … Continue reading →

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Tuning Out, But Not Turning Away

Posted on November 28, 2009 by

I heard it twice on the radio before I really heard it. Twin sisters and a six year girl old were gunned own on Thanksgiving by their own brother. This is why I don’t watch local TV news anymore. Reading … Continue reading →

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