Heidi Haverkamp
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“Advent is a season that is a borderland. A new year is coming. We’re waiting for the coming of Jesus, both for his birth on Christmas Day and for his coming again on the Last Day.”
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
“This lamppost is a living thing. No one lights it, no one extinguishes it, and it burns without fuel. The White Witch’s winter hasn’t snuffed it out. It is a boundary, but also a promise that Aslan can make broken things new and alive. It is a beacon in the face of the dark, cold spell that lies on the land.”
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
“Paraphrasing St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, C. S. Lewis wrote in an essay: “When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
― Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”
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