“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God.”

— C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1963)

About C.S. Lewis

1898 – 1963

British author and theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. A master of analogy who made complex theological ideas accessible and beautiful.

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