March 10th Jane Leads Us On "Miracles"

Jane will lead us as we explore C.S. Lewis's 1947 classic "Miracles."  Quoting from the Study Guide linked to below: Lewis’ lucid, generous minded and comprehensive apologetic for miracles is, in its own way, no less compelling than Mere Christianity in the case it makes for the overall rationality of the Christian faith.

Come and join us as we gather at Barnes and Noble in Harrisonburg on Thursday March 10th at 7:30 p.m. to explore "Miracles." 

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SCHEDULE 

March 10: Focus Meeting: "Miracles" led by Jane

April 14: Theme Meeting:  Lewis as Irish/ Lewis as English

May 12: Focus Meeting: "Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius led by Iain

June 9: Focus Meeting: "The Discarded Image" led by Peggy

July 14: Focus Meeting:  "Out of the Silent Planet" led by Daniel

August 11: Focus Meeting:  "Perelandra" led by Hannah

September 8: Focus Meeting:  "That Hideous Strength" led by Ray

October 13:  Theme Meeting: Spiritualism Lewis and the Inklings (any source)

November 10: Focus Meeting: Lewis' Diary "All My Road Before Me" led by Jessica

December  TBD Christmas Planning Meeting (Discussion Topic At Any Meeting)

February 11th is "Pilgrim's Regress" Led By Elizabeth

The Pilgrim's Regress was the first book published by C.S. Lewis after he converted back to Christianity.  It was written on a short vacation to visit his lifelong friend of the first kind, Arthur Greeves.  Elizabeth will be our facilitator at the meeting on February 11th when we explore the allegorical journey C.S. Lewis pursued to his conversion as depicted in The Pilgrim's Regress.

SCHEDULE

February 11: Focus Meeting:  "Pilgrim's Regress" led by Elizabeth

March 10: Focus Meeting: "Miracles" led by Jane

April 14: Theme Meeting:  Lewis as Irish/ Lewis as English

May 12: Focus Meeting: "Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius led by Iain

June 9: Focus Meeting: "The Discarded Image" led by Peggy

July 14: Focus Meeting:  "Out of the Silent Planet" led by Daniel

August 11: Focus Meeting:  "Perelandra" led by Hannah

September 8: Focus Meeting:  "That Hideous Strength" led by Ray

October 13:  Theme Meeting: Spiritualism Lewis and the Inklings (any source)

November 10: Focus Meeting: Lewis' Diary "All My Road Before Me" led by Jessica

December  TBD Christmas Planning Meeting (Discussion Topic At Any Meeting)

January 14th Humor In C.S. Lewis

Our meeting in January is a theme meeting with the theme "Humor in C.S. Lewis."  Frankly C.S. Lewis was very humorous.  He loved joking around with his friends and a lot of his humor got into his books, essays, and letters.  Come up with some of your favorite examples and join us at the Barnes and Noble in Harrisonburg on the evening of 14 January, the second Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.  You can usually find us camped out around a table somewhere in the bookstore nursing a cup of coffee and maybe a scone or such.  Good conversation.  Great fun!  Bring a friend!

Merry Christmas and 2016 Awaits

May the joy of Christmas be yours and may the New Year unfold for you in ways that confer marvelous blessings!  The Christmas Party at Stephen's was great and we developed a new schedule for the coming year.  I present it to you below.

C.S. Lewis Society of Harrisonburg
Program for 2016

Theme meetings are meetings in which each member comes with their thoughts and references on the theme of the meeting prepared to speak on what they have brought for perhaps ten minutes.  Depending on how motivated you are by the theme you can choose to bring handouts for the group to facilitate your sharing.

Focus meetings have a leader.  Generally you should plan to read the book or essay, etc. on which the meeting focuses.  The leader should plan to send a hand out around with discussion and questions at least a week before the meeting to help the members in their preparation.

Meetings are generally the second Thursday in each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Harrisonburg Barnes and Noble.  Some members like to eat dinner at Panera's before the meeting.

SCHEDULE

January 14:  Theme Meeting:  Humor In C.S. Lewis

February 11: Focus Meeting:  "Pilgrim's Regress" led by Elizabeth

March 10: Focus Meeting: "Miracles" led by Jane

April 14: Theme Meeting:  Lewis as Irish/ Lewis as English

May 12: Focus Meeting: "Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius led by Iain

June 9: Focus Meeting: "The Discarded Image" led by Peggy

July 14: Focus Meeting:  "Out of the Silent Planet" led by Daniel

August 11: Focus Meeting:  "Perelandra" led by Hannah

September 8: Focus Meeting:  "That Hideous Strength" led by Ray

October 13:  Theme Meeting: Spiritualism Lewis and the Inklings (any source)

November 10: Focus Meeting: Lewis' Diary "All My Road Before Me" led by Jessica

December  TBD Christmas Planning Meeting (Discussion Topic At Any Meeting)

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Meanwhile we're meeting on December 21st at Stephen's new digs in Staunton to have the annual Christmas party and discuss plans for the coming year.  I hope everyone can make it.  You can email Stephen at this address:  clemattlee@gmail.com

Thursday November 12th We'll Be Discussing Lewis's "On The Reading Of Old Books"

C. S. Lewis wrote a preface to St. Penelope's translation of St. Athanasius's work "On the Incarnation."  This became the short four and a half page essay we know today as "On the Reading of Old Books."  You can find the essay HERE  Our meeting will be a theme meeting on the essay.  A Kindle edition of Sr. Penelope's translation can be found at Amazon for $1.00 HERE  

Please join us at 7:30 p.m. on November 12th for a lively discussion.  We;ll be meeting in December to discuss our schedule for next year and discuss how what to read and discuss in 2016.

SCHEDULE

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 (see above).  The introduction is four and a half pages long.  Come and share on either the introduction or Sr. Penelope's translation (5-10 min. or so)

December 21st a Monday in the tentative date of the Christmas Party although Stephen is planning to move down to Staunton should he find the house he desires.  I'm not sure of the status of that but we'll likely find out soon.

October 8th is a Theme Meeting: C.S. Lewis on Education

Theme meetings work well when everyone brings something to share on the theme.  October's theme is C.S. Lewis on Education.  As an Oxford Fellow Lewis had lots of ideas about education.  You can find some of them expressed in his letters.  CSL, the Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society rolled into my mailbox the other day and has a review of a fairly recent book by Lewis with, hard to believe, new material gathered together by Walter Hooper.  The book is titled Image and Imagination and I'm sure you can find it at the Barnes and Noble site or the Amazon site on-line.  The review by Linda Bridges in CSL indicates that it has lots of material on education so that's a possible source.  I've discovered that you can search books on your ebook reader, Nook, or Kindle or whatever and if you have the third volume of Lewis's letters you'd likely find lots of material there.  There is also the Quotable Lewis which probably has some stuff.  So dig up some things to talk about and come to the meeting on October 8th.

SCHEDULE FOR REMAINDER OF THE YEAR

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 21st a Monday in the tentative date of the Christmas Party although Stephen is planning to move down to Staunton should he find the house he desires.  I'm not sure of the status of that but we'll likely find out soon.