Posts Tagged ‘soul’

Friday my good friend Rodrigo Chavarría died.  A pleasant day out with my wife was suddenly changed as I checked our telephone messages.  Rodrigo was dead a friend’s recorded voice told us.  My wife wept, indeed howled, with grief.  I remained silent.  Later I wept, but the feeling throughout the day, and still this morning, is one of weight and numbness. Read the rest of this entry »

             Chapter 2 of Till We Have Faces, the subject of the third of my reflections on Lewis’s novel, contains three important developments.

• We learn more about the Fox’s beliefs.
• Psyche is born.
• The first words are uttered that compare Psyche with the gods and the concomitant danger of provoking the goddess Ungit’s envy.

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            One of the privileges and pleasures of teaching at a classical Christian school like Cair Paravel Latin School (www.cpls.org) is working with a wonderful faculty.  This semester for faculty development we are all reading Till We Have Faces (Faces) by C. S. Lewis.  I would like to propose to my readers that we read the book together.  I’ll write a brief reflection on each chapter and everybody can chime in with their thoughts and questions.  Read the rest of this entry »