In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Eustace becomes a dragon and is about to be left on the island because he cannot travel with the rest of the Dawn Treader 's crew. In that moment of despair, Aslan meets him and pulls the dragon-skin away rescuing Eustace from himself. I love that part of C.S. Lewis ' theology. That he made Aslan a type of Christ; emphasizing that God comes and powerfully delivers his people when just about all hope is lost. Thoughts like this have been pushing me as I have struggled against the storm of my life.
As some of you know, I spent ten weeks at Camp Barakel this summer. Those ten weeks were many weeks of toil, joy, and healing. When I went up, I was coming off of a season of walking through an inferno. What I mean
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Beloved staff (summer, full, and part-time) you ministered to me so powerfully this summer. Whether it was that conversation in the Dining Hall or you in the struggle of hard campers or etc. Your fellowship is dearly missed. I cannot tell you how amazing it is to pray for Camp for the year and see God answer prayer in your lives this summer. Thank you for your labor of love, bearing of burdens, and prayers. Also, to my peeps who sent me camper mail thank you. You had me in tears often with your distance but ever-present concern and thanks for letting me share in your life a …show more content…
The last month I have been trying to juggle Seminary, ministry, and work while living at home. A recipe for exhaustion and burn out. I have never slept less in this month than any other month of my life but by the grace of God I 'm alive. I have had to rest in Him for the basics of just not crashing on the interstate, to homework, to emotional control, and ministry. It is hard to function at 35% but every time I look back at the week I see His providence and power. I am grateful for God showing me that I don 't have to Rambo these current circumstances. Thanks peeps for prayers, for a place to stay, or walking beside me. If I had to saw that this time is all about seeking Christ 's kingdom.
Our Lord always comes through, Amen! I am moving tomorrow into an basement apartment that fits my budget and is only ten minutes from my church. So pumped! School is starting to become worshipful again. My youth ministry is in this season of life therapeutic. Window washing (aka work) is different than expected but not to bad. I had a conversation with a Buddhist store owner that I wash windows for. Heartbreaking. I 'm working and striving to make Christ the greatest and fulfill the Great Commission as I continue in these blessed years of my life.
Feel free to ask me questions it just may take a while to get a reply back. Also feel free to share prayer request with me I will lift you up.
Prayer request:
For me to get to a place with my students
Aslan is the King of Narnia. Lewis tries to resist any recognition that Aslan is Jesus Christ. When readi...
In The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis introduces us to a great and powerful lion named Aslan. C.S. Lewis is quoted in saying, “He is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, ‘What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?”(Snyder and Baehr). Aslan is, according to Mr. Beaver in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, “He’s the Lord of the whole wood……………I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea” (Lewis 78-79 LWW). Aslan is interpreted in the series by many as a Jesus Christ-like figure. The actions that he does and the words that he says would confirm that interpretation for most people. In the very beginning of Narnia there was nothing, just darkness. Then Aslan appeared and created the whole world of Narnia; the plants, the water, and the animals. Also, Aslan picks two animals of the same species (one male and one female) and gives them the power to be talking animals (Lewis 104-125). In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, when Lucy and Edmund Pevensie have to go back to earth Aslan tells them that he will be there also. “It isn’t Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It’s you. We shan’t meet you the...
..., your family and your shoulder to cry on. I wanted to tell you that there are hundreds on hundreds of people praying for you’re right now as you’re on this retreat! I will always be here for you no matter what. Make sure you enjoy this retreat; it is such an amazing time that will only happen once. I hope you get everything out of this that you would have wanted to happen! Breathe. There is still more to come so don’t just think that it’s going to be over after this. Live this retreat out to its fullest. The little things in life mean the most; they are the most cherishable. Living the fourth has taught me to live with purpose, to say the courageous thing, to celebrate the simple gift and to always keep my head up high and follow my dreams. Let go and let God. Remember LIVE THE FOURTH!
Before the most famous historic voyage to the Americas Christopher Columbus had no support to go on his expedition. Christopher Columbus tried to get support from the King of Portugal John II, but he was turned down. Spain finally agreed to sponsor his voyage in 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean. By agreeing to sponsor Christopher Columbus voyage they believed they would have gained leverage in what they were trying to do in Spain. The Reconquista made the Spaniards very powerful. By Christopher Columbus finding new land with people and gold it convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to continue to support his voyages. Even though the king and queen believed that allowing him to go on the voyages benefited them it actually allowed Christopher
After making the difficult decision of moving out from a school I called home and attended since Kindergarten, my freshman year in a new environment made for a rocky start. I fell into the wrong crowd, tried getting out, but kept making bad decisions, which eventually led to a deep depression. My dreams I had as a child were fading before my eyes, and negative thoughts consumed my mind. I started to believe that I had no purpose and could never amount to anything, but the four days at Camp Barnabas in Missouri changed the course of my entire life. This experience was important to me and helped sculpt me into the person I am today.
Lewis uses many different forms of symbolism throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In this story there is a character named Aslan. Aslan is a lion whose purpose in the novel is to serve as an allusion for Christ. Aslan and Christ share many traits; they are both self-sacrificing and compassionate individuals (Dunham). Not only are these two figures characteristics similar, their actions are also parallel. Edmund, one of the four children in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, betrays his siblings and allies himself w...
Since July 2009, my personal life consisted of taking care of my ill husband. My husband was my best friend and we did everything together. Last year when he passed a huge gap was left in my life. Besides dealing with my grief, I am working to build a life without him. However, I am relying on God to guide me through the grief and help me rebuild my life. Thankfully, through this program I have an opportunity to grow closer to God while I build my life for the future.
Aslan in the book is a God like figure represented by a lion,” "That's Jesus, Mama!" shouted my cousin's exuberant daughter, Claire. Her mother was reading to her not from the gospels, but from the climactic scene of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, where a heroic lion lays down his life--allowing himself to be stabbed to death on a great stone table by the book's villain--in order to save the life of a boy who has betrayed him. At the tender age of 4, Claire thus discovered the significance of the greatest lion of Western literature, C. S. Lewis' Aslan (Cahill)”. Though his presence is an untamed yet gentle lion, he is still the embodiment of a Christ-like figure. In the book, the White Witch demands the traitor, Edmund’s, blood stated, “Tell you what is written on that very Table of Stone which stands beside us? Tell you what is written in letters deep as a spear is long on the fire-stones on the Secret Hill?...” (Lewis 141) The Table of Stone represents the cross that which Christ is sacrificed. Aslan sacrificing himself is a symbol of the Christian sacrifice that Jesus made when he gave his life to save all of creation, as in the passage Matthew: 32-56.
Good afternoon, let me just start by saying that the kindness, support, friendship, and love extended to me and my family during this difficult time has really touched my heart- we are sincerely appreciative!
Both Eustace and Edmund have major shortcomings that negatively affect others. Yet Lewis does not leave his characters there, fallen and shamed. He redeems them. Edmund becomes a King of Narnia and breaks the White Witch’s wand; Eustace is transformed by Aslan back into a boy and returns to Narnia for many more adventures. Lewis’s writing “affirms that it is possible for the weak and foolish to have a noble calling in a dark world” (McGrath). However, neither of these characters changed until after they met Aslan. It was his love that changed their lives. Throughout the series, Aslan is the one constant, the only character appearing in all seven books. His presence and direction drives the book and is the other main theme: providence.
“Not only was resurrected from death, but gives life back to the witch’s statues; he represents the good and is quite clearly a figure of Christ” (Source B). Aslan, a mighty lion was a symbol for Jesus Christ, there were many ways that C.S. Lewis uses Aslan to symbolize Jesus, including: Aslan’s death for others, his resurrection, how he brings others back to life as stated above. “The most important character in Narnia is Aslan. Aslan founded and rules the kingdom” (Source G). Just like Jesus Christ founded and rules over the world, Aslan rules over Narnia. Throughout the book Aslan’s name has a certain glow to it that is unlike other names.
...itch was evil, because the Witch asked him to. He also goes on to tell her that the Beavers said Aslan will soon return (Lewis, 107). Thus, Edmond is named a traitor by the White Witch. "You have a traitor there, Aslan… Have you forgotten the Deep Magic?" (Lewis, 155). The White Witch asks Aslan if he remembers that the Deep Magic engraved on the Great Stone Table by the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea, Aslan's father, says that "every traitor belongs to me (Jadis) as my lawful prey and for every treachery I have a right to a kill (Lewis, 155). Aslan asks the Witch to take a walk with him and they go off to have a private conversation. This is where the next Christian symbol comes in. Aslan sacrifices himself on the Stone Table to save Edmund from his treachery. The parallel in the Bible is that Jesus Christ sacrificed himself on the cross to save humanity from their sins.
...o who would die for another person. Aslan was made to resemble Jesus, but Aslan was one of the last characters to be added into the novel. “He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion” (Lewis,C.S.). C.S. Lewis wrote the novel, but the general public made the novel. The public transformed a well crafted children’s fantasy into a bible for children. For this reason and many more previously stated is why Without the Christian conversion of C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’s content would not change but the focus on the meaning would change from a Christian allegory to a children’s fantasy novel.
That's what God does for us. When we are experiencing pain and we're struggling to finish the race, we can be confident that we have a loving Father who won't let us do it alone. He left His place in heaven to come alongside us in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Praise God; that was the phrase I would here every morning when my dad would drop me off for school. Although my family has gone through many hard times, they have grown to know Christ and wanted to share that with their kids. I grew up in the kind of household that if you said “shut up” then you were going to be spanked several times. I knew one thing on Sunday morning and Wednesday nights; you go to church. Church became a hobby to me, I didn’t hate going there but it was just what you did. I thought that all families were like that also, I didn’t realize till my teenage years that not everyone goes to church every Sunday morning and Wednesday night. But as I grew older and started really listening to what my friends would talk about at school, I saw that life wasn’t all about going to church and being a Christian for some people.