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C.S. Lewis: The Four Loves #5 (opens the original)
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In chapter 4 of The Four Loves, Lewis has a wide-ranging discussion of the nature and value of friendship. It is my favorite chapter in the book so far. He observes that the ancients thought more highly of friendship than any other human love, but notes that it has become “quite marginal” in modern life? Why?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DYKI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F
C.S. Lewis: The Four Loves #4 (opens the original)
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As we continue through Lewis’s The Four Loves, the idea of affection and its connection to love is the focus of chapter 3. According to Lewis, for the Greeks affection was especially about what parents feel toward their children, and also what children feel for their parents. It can be broader than this, as we feel affection for the people we encounter in daily life at home, work, or in our community. Rather than looking at the chapter as a whole, let’s consider a couple of quotes that stand out
25 years ago (opens the original)
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25 years ago today.I was in graduate school at the University of Colorado, Boulder from August of 2000 to May of 2004. I was 32 years old on September 11, 2001, taking classes and teaching an undergraduate section or two. Though rare, for some reason that morning I turned on our television as I was getting ready for the day. It was before the era of flat screens, so it took a minute for the picture to resolve and appear. I remember the picture coming into focus, and I saw an image of one of the
Wisdom Wednesday: Genesis 1:27 (opens the original)
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So God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.Genesis 1:27I’ve been very disheartened lately by the things I’m seeing Christians say about our neighbors here in the United States and around the world (directly and indirectly). In particular some of what I’ve read from several philosophers and apologists is hard to square with love of neighbor. Here are some examples:We should be concerned about the nu
C.S. Lewis: The Four Loves #3 (opens the original)
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In the second chapter of The Four Loves, Lewis begins with a discussion of pleasure. He does this because he thinks there is a continuity between liking things and loving people. “Like” includes pleasure, so that’s where his reflections start.<source type="image/web
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