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A Summer with C.S. Lewis

Eight weeks. Seven books.
One imagination set fully on Christ.

June through August 2026

Seven books, one open door

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”

1 Peter 3:15

Across eight summer Sundays, we spent time with C.S. Lewis. He was a professor and a writer, and for much of his early life a skeptic, until he came to faith and gave the rest of his days to making the Christian story clear and believable.

After a first week on Lewis himself, each week took up one of his books, from Mere Christianity to The Chronicles of Narnia, and let it open a door back to Scripture. Lewis never wanted readers to stop at his words. He wanted them to look through his words to Christ.

Watch any week below, or all eight. And find us at the sanctuary doors at 8, 9:30, or 11 AM, any Sunday.

June 14 to August 2, 2026 · 8 Weeks

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An Introduction to C.S. Lewis

An Introduction to C.S. Lewis

Romans 12:2

Week 1 Mark Addis June 14, 2026

A onetime skeptic who became one of the most trusted Christian voices of the last century. We open the summer by meeting the man, his story, and why his writing still speaks to honest questions about faith.

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The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man

Week 2 Kyle Relph June 21, 2026

Lewis warned a modern world about what it loses when it cuts itself off from truth and conscience. A look at why right and wrong aren't ours to invent, and what's at stake when we try.

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A Grief Observed

A Grief Observed

Week 3 Tim Rolen June 28, 2026

Written out of real loss, this is Lewis at his most honest about sorrow and the questions it raises. We sit with grief and with the God who stays near the brokenhearted.

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Mere Christianity

Mere Christianity

Week 4 Mark Addis July 5, 2026

The book that has pointed countless readers to Christ. We trace the simple, reasoned case for the faith that ordinary Christians in every age have held in common.

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The Great Divorce

The Great Divorce

Week 5 Mark Addis July 12, 2026

A dreamlike bus ride from a grey town to the edge of heaven, where joy is offered to everyone and most turn away. Lewis shows that heaven and hell are finally a matter of what we choose, and that letting go is the first step home.

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The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters

Week 6 Mark Addis July 19, 2026

A senior tempter coaches his nephew on how to trip up an ordinary Christian. Funny, sharp, and uncomfortably close to home, it shows how small compromises pull a heart off course.

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The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia

Week 7 Kyle Relph July 26, 2026

Behind the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe is the story underneath every story. We follow Aslan and find the gospel inside a children's story.

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The Weight of Glory

The Weight of Glory

Week 8, series finale Mark Addis August 2, 2026

Lewis believed our deepest longings point somewhere real. We close the summer looking at the glory we were made for, and the God who keeps every promise.

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