I recently finished C.S. Lewis’ brief work, “A Grief Observed.” Lewis originally published the book anonymously; it describes his heartache and confusion after the death of his wife, whom he had been married to for only 3 years. Like in so many of his writings, Lewis is able to articulate the feelings that many of us have had and his insights are lucidly expressed. Below are three passages that bring up perhaps some of the most important concepts about illness and spirituality. 1. Anger at God “Not that I am (I think) in much danger of ceasing to believe in God. The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about Him.” – C.S. Lewis. A Grief Observed, pg 6
Desmond Tutu – Interdependence
We are created to live in a delicate network of interdependence and we are different precisely in order to know our need of one another. Desmond Tutu
G.K. Chesterton – What’s Wrong With the World
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G.K. Chesterton – in What’s Wrong With the World, published 1900
G.K. Chesterton – Orthodoxy (1908)
I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller. G.K. Chesterton (in Orthodoxy)