Went to hear Dr. Lyle Dorsett give a talk tonight on the spiritual formation on C.S. Lewis. He spent his sabbatical working on this project and hopes to publish it soon. Dorsett suggests four categories through which to understand Lewis’ spiritual formation: prayer, scripture, his church life, and his reluctant role as a spiritual guide. In one room, you had Dorsett, Jerry Root and Wayne Martindale all together. The collective Lewis braintrust in one room at the same time.

One of the areas which I’m looking forward to reading more about is Lewis’ view of scripture and his ability to balance a somewhat literalist view of scripture while at the same time being able to maintain the mystery of God’s word. I have to confess not having read much of Lewis on scripture, but I’m intrigued, now.