Category Archives: CS Lewis

The World’s Last Night

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

  “The doctrine of the Second Coming is deeply ‘offensive’ to the whole evolutionary or developmental character of modern thought. We have been taught to think of the world as something that grows slowly towards perfection, something that “progresses” or … Continue reading →

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In which I blatantly borrow my own Amazon review of Erwin McManus’ “The Last Arrow” and post it here.

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Ron Giesecke

Three years ago, when I was 47 and contemplating the horizon of my fifth decade on the planet, I had an introspective fit–the kind that proves that encroaching mortality starts to get in your head. Yet, I’m not sure that … Continue reading →

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No really. I’m still here. I’m just here in Portuguese

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I could try to take you down every single emotional, situational and logistical rabbit-hole that’s slightly derailed my writing, but I won’t. Here’s the problem with being me: Me. In fact, I named the blog something that was a subtle … Continue reading →

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Maslow KNEW I needed you readers!

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Call it what you want. the pinnacle altitude on Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, or the Coach seat in Dante’s Inferno. After I read C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce yesterday, I’m half convinced that Larry Flynt has a greater chance of … Continue reading →

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Listening while driving

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  

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Video: Skulking around my favorite bookstore

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Ron Giesecke
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Book introductions, and why I hate them

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I now have a rule which is nearly intractable: I am no longer going to read the introduction to a book.  At the very LEAST, I’m waiting until after the book is read by me, before doing so.  And ‘d … Continue reading →

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Some days

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

 I love my Nook. 

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The aesthetics of old books

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I happen to be lucky enough to live right near a used bookstore that is a literal BEHEMOTH of a bookstore–I’m talking about the acetone-ridden aircraft carrier with sticks and stacks of shelves . . . two-books deep sometimes, with the … Continue reading →

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Lewis 

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Sent to me today by a good friend.   

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