Monthly Archives: November 2004

C.S. Lewis on Popular Media

The book or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust in them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things–the

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Pachyderm Pandemonium

Suriyothai carving
Stone carving of Queen Suriyothai in battle. Kinnaree Restaurant, Fremont, CA.

Armored elephants appear in battle in the movie Alexander, which starts today. In last year’s Return of the King, we saw charging oliphants trample men on Pelennor…  Read more

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Nintendo DS

My wife just reported that she’s first in line to buy the new Nintendo DS at Walmart. Most stores start selling it tomorrow morning. This 24-hour Walmart has it available at midnight tonight. Woo-hoo! Can’t wait to *ahem* test…  Read more

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Switchfoot

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

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Shadowlands

Shadowlands comes highly recommended in this post at Rhesa’s blog. I saw it a few months ago on DVD. The 1993 movie stars Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis, the Oxford don and writer, and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham,…  Read more

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