But when I try to pray for, I halt.” It is in this moment that Lewis wonders: how can we pray for something – for someone – who we feel has become a part of us? “A part of our own heart?” I have always been able to pray for the dead, and I still do, with some confidence. “Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly,” he writes in its beginning, “But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand. Lewis’s words are so close to home that he first published A Grief Observed (1961) under a pseudonym, as he was hesitant to reveal his suffering to the public. As a whole, the experience is very cathartic due to its non-linear, journalistic structure, the book is an excellent companion for someone, religious or not, who is grieving the loss of a loved one. He confesses all of his frantic doubts, fears and fist-fights with God in a collection that offers a tragic, but captivating read. Lewis in his journals, which are collectively titled “A Grief Observed.” After losing his wife to cancer, the “ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” author experienced a profound questioning of his faith and sense of self.Īs one of the most important Christian writers of our time, the journals are a moving - albeit curious - addition to Lewis’s notably religious oeuvre. Suppressing one’s emotions was “the lesson I was most strongly taught,” admits C.S.
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