Is Tolkien’s legendarium, like the Norse legends, driven more by despair than by hope? If all things seem to come to ruin, what is the place of hope in Middle-Earth? And if his mythology is meant to shed light on the Primary World - our…
Justin BaileyMay 12, 2020
What makes a cliché a cliché? Is it the sheer fact of overuse, like a pop hit that has been overplayed? Or is it the brevity, boiling down complexity to fit on a bumper sticker? Or is it the sugary comfort that dissolves like cotton…
Justin BaileyMay 4, 2020
Advent – which contemplates the great miracle of God becoming a human being – is a challenge to our intellect: “how can these things be?” But it is also a challenge to our imagination, the lens through which we see the world, what the Bible…
Justin BaileyDecember 9, 2018
We rightly grieve over many things: over fractured relationships, frustrated hopes, and broken dreams. If we are honest, we often wonder why Jesus didn’t seem to show up at the time or in the way that we expected him to show up. Why does it…
Justin BaileyApril 1, 2018
(This post will conclude the series! I hope it has been enjoyable.) This series began with a reflection on Lewis' description of Aslan as real, one which brought unexpected tears to my eyes. So why did this happen, and what is Lewis up to? What…
Justin BaileyFebruary 27, 2012
Having examined Lewis' conception of the real, perhaps now we can begin to understand the depth of what he might have been thinking when he described Aslan as real. Aslan is real in contrast to the bleakness of the naturalistic world. Aslan is real in…
Justin BaileyFebruary 24, 2012
