Episodes

  • "Of Solitude and Spiritual Friendships: Thomas Merton" Sophfronia Scott Ep. 1 LFSS Season 7
    Jul 25 2025

    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 authors delving into the theme: The Seeker & the Storytellers featuring C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and Thomas Merton. All 3 were 20th-century seekers whose moral imagination and spiritual quests were transformed by reading great books. All three went on to become renowned authors, poets, and storytellers of faith whose works are widely influential today.

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    50 mins
  • "Do you agree with Jack on Man's Greatest Sin?" Jerry Root Ep. 4 LFSS Season 6
    Jul 5 2024

    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 cslewisfestival.org for events and registration.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • "Means of Grace and Treasured Relationships" Dr. Wayne Martindale Ep. 3 LFSS Season 6
    Jun 28 2024

    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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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • "Inkling, Historian, Soldier and Brother" Don King Ep. 2 LFSS Season 6
    Jun 21 2024

    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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    45 mins
  • "How do you define friendship? And how Did C.S Lewis?" Jerry Root Ep. 1 LFSS Season 6
    Jun 14 2024

    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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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • "Arguing with Jack" Sarah Arthur, Ep. 3 LFSS Season 5
    Aug 5 2023

    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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    51 mins
  • "Reflections and Women and C.S. Lewis" Ann Voskamp Ep. 2 LFSS Season 5
    Jul 28 2023

    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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    49 mins
  • "On Jack, Struggles, Joy, and WAYMAKER" Ann Voskamp Ep. 1 LFSS Season 5
    Jul 27 2023

    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 that takes place every September, please visit us at cslewisfestival.org.

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    1 hr and 11 mins