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Pray for the C.S. Lewis Seminar at PSU-Harrisburg which will begin conversation of The Screwtape Letters today. Pray for the consideration of Lewis' classic to bring to our attention the wickedness of our own hearts, the illusion of the liberating power of evil, and the call to godliness as we move from Lent to the celebration of Christ's Death/Resurrection, Christ's Ascension, Pentecost, the mission of the People of God, and the New Heavens/New Earth.

As time permits, I'll post more background regarding Lewis and some reflections based on the conversation.  I'm particularly interested in how participants articulate the tension between good-evil, the concrete reality-allegorical nature of the writing, and comparisons to other representations of devils in our cultural history.  

Moving from the Preface(s) onto Chapter 1 (nothing like reading your old margin notes and making new ones), if you have thoughts of your own regarding The Screwtape Letters and the chapters which I comment upon, please post.  

PS. I must confess that I am quite drawn to the critical manner in which Lewis harnesses the image of bureaucrats in our Managerial/Admin Age. 
PPS. When paging through a copy of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary (passed along to me by a friend), I can see Lewis' concern with regard to how such writing can become obsessive. Of course Bitter Bierce's work is more expressive of his satirical perspective/writing . . .