Lewis Festival Scholar Series

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  "Can You Love Aslan More Than Jesus?" Christin Lazo Ep. 2 LFSS Season 8 30.06.2026 48мин

  Christin Ditchfield Lazo, author of more than 80 books and Bible studies, takes us deep into The Chronicles of Narnia—the best-selling children's series of the 20th century, with over 120 million copies in print. Drawing on decades of research behind her landmark book A Family Guide to Narnia, Kristin reveals where Lewis embedded the gospel without ever intending to write "Sunday school curriculum." Along the way, she shares the remarkable true story of an eight-year-old boy who feared he lov...
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  "Is Till We Have Faces Lewis's Best Book?" Andrew Lazo Ep. 1 LFSS Season 8 26.05.2026 1ч 1мин

  Welcome back for Season 8 Listeners! Reverend Andrew Lazo, internationally known speaker and writer specializing in Lewis and the Inklings, delivers the keynote address at the 2025 C.S. Lewis Festival. Drawing on two decades of research for his forthcoming definitive study of Till We Have Faces, Andrew argues that Lewis's most puzzling novel is not only his best book—Lewis said so himself—but the key to understanding everything Lewis ever wrote. And we may have had Lewis's central theme wro...
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  "Do your stories influence your Christianity?" Lena Roy Ep. 3 LFSS Season 7 08.08.2025 42мин

  This podcast is on Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of theall time classic’s, A Wrinkle In Time. The seeker, Madeleine L’Engle, becomes the story teller. One of the questions at the festival was did her Christianity effect her stories? Or did her stories effect her Christianity? This podcast delves into that question and much much more featuring someone who knew her not just as a friend but as a grandmother. Lena Roy, who along with her sister, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, wrote the biograp...
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  "Imagination in Lewis’s Journey to Faith" Sarah Arthur Ep. 2 LFSS Season 7 01.08.2025 45мин

  Today’s podcast features Festival co-founder, Sarah Arthur. Sarah is the author of a dozen nonfiction books on the intersection of faith and great literature, including the award-winning A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, Sarah also co-directs, along with Sophfronia Scott, the L’Engle Writing Retreats held annually in the U.S. Sarah’s Young Adult fantasy series: Once A Queen, and recently featured on NBC’s Today Show, is inspired by authors like Lewi...
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  "Of Solitude and Spiritual Friendships: Thomas Merton" Sophfronia Scott Ep. 1 LFSS Season 7 25.07.2025 50мин

  This podcast features award winning journalist Sophfronia Scott, founding director of the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing and author of The Seeker & The Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. Sophfronia also has many other nonfiction and fiction titles to her credit. She is, along with Sarah Arthur, Co-Director of the L’engle Writing Retreat. As part of this growing podcast series we’re taking a look at the 2024 CS Lewis Festival featuring a unique group of speakers, and au...
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  "Do you agree with Jack on Man's Greatest Sin?" Jerry Root Ep. 4 LFSS Season 6 05.07.2024 1ч 2мин

  Dr. Root continues his theme from his keynote address including what he feels is man’s greatest sin. (And it’s not what Lewis felt was man’s greatest sin!). You decide. As part of this growing podcast series we’re taking a look at the CS Lewis Festival last September in Petoskey, Michigan. Over 1,200 people attended a variety of cultural, religious, and educational events along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. For this year’s festival in September please visit us at cslewi...
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  "Means of Grace and Treasured Relationships" Dr. Wayne Martindale Ep. 3 LFSS Season 6 28.06.2024 1ч 16мин

  Lewis wrote personal letters to everyone who wrote him but he held Anglican Bishop Arthur Greeves in high esteem. Why did he write over 300 letters over 50 years to Greeves? Find out in this deeply personal reflection on Lewis by emeritus professor of Wheaton College, Dr. Wayne Martindale.
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  "Inkling, Historian, Soldier and Brother" Don King Ep. 2 LFSS Season 6 21.06.2024 44мин

  Professor Don W. King gives us remarkable insights into the life and mind of Warren's famous brother, C. S. Lewis. In his much anticipated new biography on Warnie, Professor King provides an illuminating window into the events, personalities, and culture of 20th-century England.
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  "How do you define friendship? And how Did C.S Lewis?" Jerry Root Ep. 1 LFSS Season 6 14.06.2024 1ч 11мин

  How do you define friendship? And why was friendship, in all walks of life, central to C. S. Lewis’s life? Esteemed author, professor, and speaker Dr. Jerry Root takes a deep dive in an area of Lewis’s life that is revealing and timely.
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  "Arguing with Jack" Sarah Arthur, Ep. 3 LFSS Season 5 04.08.2023 51мин

  Today’s podcast features Festival Co-Founder Sarah Arthur. Sarah is the author of a dozen nonfiction books on the intersection of faith and great literature. She shares a profound, multifaceted talk on her love of Lewis and her argument with him based on the Festival’s 2022 theme, “Women and C.S. Lewis.” For more information on the annual C.S. Lewis Festival that takes place every September, please visit us at cslewisfestival.org.
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  "Reflections and Women and C.S. Lewis" Ann Voskamp Ep. 2 LFSS Season 5 28.07.2023 48мин

  Ann Voskamp was the featured speaker in 2022 at the annual C.S. Lewis Festival in Petoskey, Michigan. Her talk, Reflections and Women and C.S. Lewis, took place at the Saturday Seminar at Great Lakes Center for the Arts. It is a story of women, C.S. Lewis, and a story that moves far beyond the walls of the world. For more information on the annual C.S. Lewis Festival that takes place every September, please visit us at cslewisfestival.org.
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  "On Jack, Struggles, Joy, and WAYMAKER" Ann Voskamp Ep. 1 LFSS Season 5 27.07.2023 1ч 11мин

  The C.S. Lewis Festival welcomed best-selling author Ann Voskamp as keynote speaker in 2022. At a sold-out event at Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Ann talked about the joy combined with the profound struggles she went through in writing her latest book WAYMAKER: Finding the way to the life you’ve always dreamed of. It is a deeply personal and moving talk and includes a poignant sit-down discussion with Festival Co-Founder Sarah Arthur. For more information on the annual C.S. Lewis Festival ...
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  "What does it take to be intentional..." Kristen Johnson Ep. 3 LFSS Season 4 23.12.2022 1ч 2мин

  This episode features Kristen Johnson, Professor of Theology and Christian Formation at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. In 2018, Kristen was named as one of the "New Female Theologians Worth Knowing" by Christianity Today. This recording is of her lecture "The Inner Ring: How C.S. Lewis can help us Engage Friendship, Community and our Deep Differences." Many writers and thinkers are asking questions about how we can navigate the deep differences of our age. In a memor...
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  "Life has no better gift to give" Providential Friendship by Trygve Johnson, Ep. 2 of LFSS Season 4 16.12.2022 48мин

  Hear Trygve Johnson share on a deeply personal and profound topic, Providential Friendship: How God used a simple friendship to inspire the imagination of the Christian faith. His talk delves into the concept of providence in friendships and the specific, God-inspired friendship of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
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  "Where the Light Fell" Philip Yancy: Ep.1 of LFSS Season 4 09.12.2022 37мин

  David Crouse sits down with Philip at the majestic Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor, Michigan. Over 300 attended in what turned out to be a deeply personal interview with Philip on the cusp of the launch of, what Philip said, is the most important book he’s ever written, his auto-biography, Where the Light Fell. Publishers Weekly calls it “a gripping memoir”.
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  LFSS Interview Special: "Carolyn Curtis on Women and C.S. Lewis" 17.06.2022 25мин
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  LFSS Interview Special: "Ann Voskamp on WayMaker and C.S Lewis" 13.05.2022 30мин

  Join us for a very special interview with renowned author Ann Voskamp! Festival Co-Founder David Crouse sits down for a zoom interview with Ann to discuss her new book, life, and of course, C.S Lewis. Consider this a taste of the 2022 C.S Lewis Festival headlined by Ann Voskamp herself!
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  Ep. 3, Season 3 "CS Lewis & Dorothy L. Sayers at War" Crystal Downing 18.02.2022 49мин

  This is the third and final talk on C.S. Lewis and War delivered by esteemed author and Dorothy Sayers scholar Crystal Downing. Downing is Co-Director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College and co-holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair in Christian Thought at Wheaton College: a position she shares with her husband Dr. David Downing. Crystal spoke on how the two world wars influenced not only Sayers personally but also her vocation as a detective fiction novelist and Christian play write....
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  Ep. 2, Season 3 "Neither Patriot nor Pacifist but Patient" David Downing 11.02.2022 41мин

  The 2nd talk in this series, Lewis and War, is a marvelous presentation by Dr. David Downing, Co-Director, of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College and co-holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair in Christian Thought at Wheaton College: a position he shares with his wife Crystal Downing. The title of David’s talk is C.S. Lewis: Neither Patriot nor Pacifist but Patient
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  Ep. 1, Season 3 "CS Lewis and Heroic Tradition" Joseph Loconte 04.02.2022 22мин

  Welcome to season 3 of the Lewis Festival Scholar Series! This first episode visits 2015 for a talk by Dr. Joseph Loconte, Senior Fellow in Christianity and Culture at King’s College in New York City and Director of the Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation. He is also a highly respected speaker and author and he based his talk on his book A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and A Great War. Dr. Loconte postulates had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no...