Fiddling whilst Rome burns? CS Lewis speaks into our crisis! @MalcolmGuitespell
Fiddling whilst Rome burns? CS Lewis speaks into our crisis! @MalcolmGuitespell
Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode I reflect on how some words of CS Lewis in the dark days of 1939 might guide us through the darkness of 2022

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Here's the Lewis piece: bradleyggreen.com/attachments/Lewis.Learning%20in%20War-Time.pdf
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