WashPost Scandalized Christian Theater Believes Christian Things

November 22nd, 2024 4:20 PM

Back on November 14, the Washington Post’s Rebecca Ritzel reported on Logos Theatre, a South Carolina theater company “gaining traction” in Washington known for its adaptations of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia books and other works of Christian literature. While people may go to see Logos’ life-sized lion puppet, the Post made sure to warn people…

What Happened to Boundaries?

March 5th, 2021 11:43 AM

Every sport has its boundaries. Rules for playing the game may occasionally change, but the boundaries remain. In baseball, a ball hit outside the foul line is out of play. In football, a catch made outside the sidelines is ruled incomplete. All games must be played within boundaries. No one would think of erasing them. If they did, how could they ever expect an orderly contest? Boundaries are…

Remembering 50 Years Since the Passing of C.S. Lewis

November 14th, 2013 4:39 PM
Corrected from earlier (see below) | Three famous men died on Nov. 22, 1963. The one getting the most attention, understandably, is John F. Kennedy. Less so the other two: Aldous Huxley, author of the futuristic novel "Brave New World," and Clive Staples Lewis. Of the three, it was Lewis who not only was the most influential of his time, but whose reach extends to these times and likely…

Penn State's Shame and Ours

November 15th, 2011 5:53 PM
"Success with Honor" is the motto of Penn State's athletic program. They got it half right. The alleged sexual abuse of young boys by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is disgusting, outrageous, and immoral. That so many at the school's highest level allegedly engaged either in covering up serial abuses, or turned a blind eye to them in order to maintain the "integrity" of the…

Joy Behar, Narnia Numbskull

December 11th, 2010 7:32 AM
On Thursday's edition of The View, Joy Behar displayed how little she knows Sarah Palin's favorite authors. As they discussed Palin's answer to Barbara Walters asking what she reads, and Walters said Palin reads C.S. Lewis for "divine inspiration," Behar asked "Aren't those children's books?" She wasn't joking, but she obviously liked the idea that Palin wasn't smart enough to read "adult…