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Thursday, July 30, 2015

August 13th Our Theme is C.S. Lewis And Free Will


 This is a little video about Lewis and Free Will.

August 13: Theme: C.S. Lewis on Free Will (any Lewis source: share 5-10 minutes)
I thought this might be a challenging theme until I looked into my Quotable C.S. Lewis and found scads of quotes relative to free will.  So don't be too daunted by the task.  Some ideas would be to check the Quotable Lewis volume, google "C.S. Lewis and free will" and there are numerous quotes and even a youtube video https://youtu.be/rH2DEOxvaWk  is interesting.  I also posted the theme on SpareOom to see what the Lewisians there might say about it.  I'll bring some of their comments to the meeting.

Our future schedule look like:
September 10: Stephen will be our discussion leader for Surprised by Joy
October 8: Theme: C.S. Lewis on Education (any Lewis source: share 5-10 minutes)
November 12: Theme: the essay On the Reading of Old Books the introduction C.S. Lewis wrote to Sr. Penelope's translation of Athanasius: On the Incarnation available on the internet in its entirety at http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/ath-inc.htm  The introduction is five pages long.  Come and share on either the introduction or Sr. Penelope's translation (5-10 min. or so)
December TBD: Christmas Planning Party: Stephen has volunteered to host again. How wonderful is that?  I don't see how he can outdo himself, but I'm up to see him try.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

July 9th We Return To Narnia

July 9th is a theme meeting and our theme: "What is your favorite book from the Chronicles of Narnia (share for 5-10 minutes)"  The reasons for a selection might be many including the story, your favorite characters, and no doubt we'll find time to debate what order the Chronicles should be read in.  For those who have never heard about it there are: Publication Order, Chronological Order In Narnia Time, Order In Which They Were Actually Written.  Our schedule for the rest of the year is below. 

August 13: Theme: C.S. Lewis on Free Will (any Lewis source: share 5-10 minutes)
September 10: Stephen will be our discussion leader for Surprised by Joy
October 8: Theme: C.S. Lewis on Education (any Lewis source: share 5-10 minutes)
November 12: Theme: the essay On the Reading of Old Books the introduction C.S. Lewis wrote to Sr. Penelope's translation of Athanasius: On the Incarnation available on the internet in its entirety at http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/ath-inc.htm  The introduction is five pages long.  Come and share on either the introduction or Sr. Penelope's translation (5-10 min. or so)
December TBD: Christmas Planning Party: Stephen has volunteered to host again. How wonderful is that?  I don't see how he can outdo himself, but I'm up to see him try.