PinnedJMSt. John Henry Newman’s Imagination and Modern Fairy TalesYou can easily imagine trees not growing fruit; you can imagine them growing golden candlesticks or tigers hanging by the tail.24 min read·May 6, 2021----
JM12 of my Favourite Books I Read in 2020As frequent readers of my Goodreads will know, 2020 was a great year for my reading. I went from reading 33 books in 2019 — my previous…8 min read·Dec 30, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 8. The Shocking AlternativeTragedies, trilemmas, and triumphs in some of C.S. Lewis’ best work.16 min read·Aug 23, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 7. The InvasionC.S. Lewis, St. Anselm, and George Lucas weigh in on the spiritual war that grips the earth.13 min read·Aug 10, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 6. The Rival Conceptions of GodAt a snail’s pace, we move on to book two: What Christians Believe. We have transitioned now from Lewis’ proof of God’s existence, called…11 min read·Jul 21, 2020--1--1
JMMere Christianity: 4. What Lies Behind the LawIn chapter 4, Lewis begins with what he has established in the first three chapters: the Moral Law exists in the heart of every man, that…13 min read·May 7, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 3. The Reality of the LawAfter introducing the idea that there is such a thing as objective morality and defending it from some of the relativists’ arguments…12 min read·May 2, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 2. Some ObjectionsThe chapters in Mere Christianity were originally radio pieces, so generally they can be read in whatever sequence you like without losing…10 min read·Apr 25, 2020----
JMMere Christianity: 1. The Law of Human NatureWhen I went into this experiment, I envisioned 4 posts, each discussing about a third of the book. Each ‘chapter’ (they are really…5 min read·Apr 15, 2020----