In the legacy of C.S.
Lewis, CSLI Northeast Ohio endeavors to challenge, educate, and develop disciples who will articulate, defend and live their faith in Christ in personal and public life.
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10/18/2022
C.S. Lewis Institute Northeast Ohio Community Event Invitation David & Crystal Downing: Directors of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College Upcoming Local Events In Partnership with the Center for Christian Faith & Culture at Malone University, we will be c
09/21/2022
Don't miss this upcoming community event on Thursday, September 29 at Malone University!
https://conta.cc/3DHY75v
09/16/2022
Our Chicago branch is holding a global event on the Christian worldview in the writings of Tolkien. All our welcome to attend virtually. Registration is required.
GLOBAL EVENT: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien - C.S. Lewis Institute The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien with Dr. Donald Williams.
Join us as we partner with Malone University:
Register Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-most-reluctant-convert-the-untold-story-of-cs-lewis-film-screening-tickets-395892163117
Join Malone University's Center for Christian Faith & Culture as we partner with the C.S. Lewis Institute of Northeast Ohio and the Fellowship for Performing Arts in offering this free screening of Max McLean's dramatized telling of C.S. Lewis's surprising journey from unbelief to Christian faith. The event is open to the Malone and wider community.
09/12/2022
Retreat 2022.
09/11/2022
Our 9th Fellows program Retreat is coming to a close. What an amazing group of people participating this year! Great teaching, beautiful worship, and some fantastic book discussion! We are looking forward to a great year! (not pictured: Kristi Pesa, David Whittington, Ken Zinz, Jeff Meese).
"It you attempt to act and do for others or for the world without deepening your own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity to love, you will not have anything to give others. You will communicate to them nothing but the contagion of your own obsessions, your aggressivity, your ambitions, your delusions and ends and means…"–Thomas Merton
09/02/2022
2 upcoming events to put on your calendar:
Thursday, September 29: "The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis"
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-most-reluctant-convert-the-untold-story-of-cs-lewis-film-screening-tickets-395892163117
Friday, January 6: Community Lecture "Hope and Discipleship" with Stuart McAlpine
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/?event=hope-and-discipleship-community-lecture-series-northeast-ohio&event_date=2023-01-06
Registration is required for both events.
Hope and Discipleship: Community Lecture Series - Northeast Ohio - C.S. Lewis Institute Join the C.S. Lewis Institute in Northeast Ohio for a special Community Lecture Series event with Stuart McAlpine, Pastor and Teaching Fellow. Tickets are $10 per person and registration is required. Please select your number of tickets and register using the form below: For any questions, please co...
09/01/2022
Check out our September newsletter for program updates and new locations for our upcoming Fellow's Program!
C.S. Lewis Institute Northeast Ohio September 2022 Newsletter Program Updates and Events September Theme: The Power of Friendship in the Christian Life Commissioned Fellows All CSLI NEO Alumni are welcome to attend any of our monthly lectures. We'd love t
08/23/2022
Join us on Thursday, September 29 at Malone University in Canton for a free screening of the movie, The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis!
Registration is open.
LOCAL EVENT: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis (NEOH) - C.S. Lewis Institute Join CSLI-NEOH for a free screening of Max McLean's dramatized telling of C.S. Lewis's surprising journey from unbelief to Christian faith.
08/17/2022
Join us on September 29 at Malone University in Canton for a free screening of the movie, The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis!
Registration is open.
LOCAL EVENT: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis (NEOH) - C.S. Lewis Institute Join CSLI-NEOH for a free screening of Max McLean's dramatized telling of C.S. Lewis's surprising journey from unbelief to Christian faith.
08/17/2022
If you missed our April community lecture with Dr. Carl Trueman, here is an informative article dealing with our culture's obesession with self identity, sexuality, and rewriting history.
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/obsession-with-self-identity-sexuality-and-rewriting-history-where-we-are/
Obsession with Self Identity, Sexuality, and Rewriting History - C.S. Lewis Institute Carl Trueman discusses the history of self-identity and sexuality. He explores current cultural trends and suggests a Christian response.
“Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.” Hudson Taylor
“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are -are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"The theologian Stanley Hauerwas once quipped that the great enemy of the North American church is not secularism, but sentimentalism. How else to explain our total shock when things go drastically wrong. Have we forgotten that this is in fact a fallen world?"
--Cameron McAllister, excerpt from Thinking Out Loud Blog, "The Centrality of the Body in Our Spiritual Life"
08/10/2022
C.S. Lewis Institute - Northeast Ohio updated their business hours.
08/10/2022
C.S. Lewis Institute - Northeast Ohio updated their website address.
08/09/2022
Join us, along with Malone University's Center for Christian Faith & Culture, and the Fellowship for Performing Arts, in offering this free screening of Max McLean's dramatized telling of C.S. Lewis's surprising journey from unbelief to Christian faith. This event is open to the community.
Thursday, September 29, 7:00-8:30 PM.
Malone University, Johnson Center 106
2600 Cleveland Ave NW
Canton, OH 44709
Registration is required for this free event:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-most-reluctant-convert-the-untold-story-of-cs-lewis-film-screening-tickets-395892163117
08/01/2022
The Inklings Fellowship is reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis for the month of August. They are also meditating on and memorizing 1 Timothy 4:7-8:
"Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come."
If you are interested in hearing more about the Inklings, or our Year One program, message me!
07/05/2022
Our Inklings Fellowship is reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for July! There is still time to join before the deadline of August 1. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/inklings/
06/28/2022
We are still taking applications for the Inklings Fellowship until August 1. If you are interested click the link to read more and fill out the application. The Inklings will be reading a variety of works by C.S. Lewis.
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/inklings/
Contact Bethann if you have any questions at [email protected].
The Inklings - C.S. Lewis Institute The Inklings Program is a year-long continuation of the Fellows experience designed for participants to re-engage with both the Fellows community and the curriculum.
Heavenly Father, lift my eyes to Thee, to Thy Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, who is above angels. Thou sittest at the right hand, and I pray, give to me a spiritual urgency, a longing that is more than human. Give to me the desire that is like a fire burning in my bones. O God, may I not be content with where I am and in what I am. But I pray that Thou wouldst stir up my heart with the longing and desire for Thee that can only be experienced in Thy presence. Lift up my heart unto Thee I ask, O Father, in Jesus’ name, amen.
A Cloud by Day, a Fire by Night,
A.W. Tozer
06/13/2022
On Saturday, June 11 we commissioned our 8th Fellows Class in Northeast Ohio! We also said farewell to City Director, Dr. Bryan Hollon, who accepted a new position at Trinity School of Ministry in Ambridge, PA as Dean President. Although we are sorry to see him go, the Board, Staff and Fellows are overjoyed to see how God has prepared Bryan for this new endeavor. Please join us in praying for Bryan and the 2022 commissioned Fellows.
We also welcomed a new group of Inklings and Year Two Fellows with Orientation on Saturday. There will be over 20 so far in those groups, and we are still taking applications for the Inklings Fellowship until August 1.
Daniel Semelsberger, our resident scholar, will be facilitating the upcoming lectures, as well as bringing in other lecturers for the coming year.
If you are interested in applying for hearing more, click the link for Inklings!
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/northeast-ohio/
06/09/2022
Check out the new national website and our Northeast Ohio page under locations!
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/northeast-ohio/
Discipleship in the Legacy of C.S. Lewis In the legacy of C.S. Lewis, the C.S. Lewis Institute disciples hearts and minds of believers to help others find and follow Jesus Christ.
06/08/2022
All of our Year One Fellows have completed their Discipleship plans! The Class of 2022 will be commissioned this Saturday!
Their plans to carry out Matthew 28 are diverse and well-suited to their gifts and calling, and we are thankful for each one of them!
Please keep them in your prayers as they are added to the number of CSLI Commissioned Fellows this weekend!
We are also thankful for the 15 mentors that have walked with this group! What a committed group of men and women!
"And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'”
Inklings June quote:
“All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still 'about to be'.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
"What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You can take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it."
⏤ C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy
“I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralysed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that one was told one ought to. An obligation to feel can freeze feelings. And reverence itself did harm. The whole subject was associated with lowered voices; almost as if it were something medical. But supposing that by casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday School associations, one could make them for the first time appear in their real potency? Could one not thus steal past those watchful dragons? I thought one could.”
― C.S. Lewis
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/narnia-grown-ups/
"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.” C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
04/27/2022
04/25/2022
If you are a CSLI NEO Fellow or Alumni and are planning on applying for Year Two: The Life, Faith and Works of C.S. Lewis you need to apply by May 30.
Here is the application Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfysRGk3kY-ogvmk0JlIrmrAlGKrxW50Zi1Y7rFf8hViw1j3A/viewform
Anyone can apply for the Inklings of CSLI NEO this year, even if you have't participated in the past!
If you are interested in the Inklings Program or know someone that is, here is the link:
https://cslewis-neo.org/3440-2/
04/20/2022
04/18/2022
On April 1 we partnered with Malone University's Center for Christian Faith and Culture to bring Dr. Carl Trueman to lecture at Tabernacle Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Here is the audio from the lecture entitled, "Strange New World."
https://soundcloud.com/b-valantine/cs-lewis-lecture-strange-new-world-dr-carl-trueman?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
CS LEWIS LECTURE: "Strange New World" Dr. Carl Trueman Carl Trueman will draw on work from his recent book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, as he explores some of the
04/04/2022
Thank you to Dr. Carl Trueman for joining us for a community lecture on Friday evening, and for lecturing on Saturday in Canton for our Fellows on Cultural Apologetics. We'd also like to thank Tabernacle Presbyterian for hosting our event, and Dr. David Beers from the Center for Christian Faith and Culture at Malone University for partnering with CSLI-NEO in bringing Dr. Trueman to Northeast Ohio!
03/30/2022
Looking forward to our Community Lecture with Dr. Carl Trueman this Friday! There are still a few seats left!
https://strangenewworldtrueman2022.eventbrite.com
"Strange New World" with Dr. Carl R. Trueman "Strange New World" with Dr. Carl R. Trueman
"Oh, for the kind of faith that will move ahead, leaving God to fulfill His promise when He sees fit! Fellow Levites, let us shoulder our load, without looking as though we were carrying God’s coffin. It is the ark of the living God! Sing as you march toward the flood!" Thomas Champness
03/28/2022
Year One memory verse for April's theme--Conversational Apologetics:
"Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." Colossians 4:5-6
03/23/2022
Carl Trueman is our guest lecturer on Friday, April 1. Still some tickets available!
Register: https://strangenewworldtrueman2022.eventbrite.com
In his book 'Strange New World,' Carl Trueman identifies the historical, philosophical, and technological influences that have shaped present-day identity politics and teaches believers how to shift their modern understanding of personhood to a biblical perspective.
crossway.org/StrangeNewWorld
03/23/2022
Dear Friends,
Beginning in June of 2022, the The C.S. Lewis Institute of Northeast Ohio will run a new Year 2 Fellows program called "The Life, Faith and Writings of C.S. Lewis." This program is available to everyone who has completed the Year One Fellows Program.
If you have not completed the Year 1 Fellows Program but want to participate - in a limited way - next year, please click here for more information and a sign-up form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8S0No7FnoHxYDU6V9NcmKmKJpoUTsw_-3C8EaTmDjJC-zTg/viewform
This new Year 2 program has been designed with a view toward discipleship of heart and mind. Participants will be guided through a wide range of readings and other materials not only to become more knowledgeable about the life of C.S. Lewis, but to learn from him as a spiritual mentor, and more importantly, come to know the Lord Jesus Christ more deeply. The program is similar to the Year One format but does not include mentoring. Participants will have monthly assignments, small group discussions, lectures, and practical application of precepts, all revolving around a key monthly theme. The program begins with a summer orientation and a Fall retreat.
Monthly Themes
June - Learning from the Spiritual Biography of C.S. Lewis
July - Smuggling the Gospel: The Power of Story
August - Learning from Spiritual Pilgrimage of C.S. Lewis
September - The Power of Friendship in the Christian Life
September 9-11 Retreat: "Loving God with Heart, Soul, and Mind: Learning from the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis."
October - Mere Christianity
November - The Power of Prayer in the Christian Life
December - Spiritual Warfare in the Christian Life
January - Belief in Miracles and the Supernatural
February - Absolute Truth and the Call to Discipleship
March - The Question of Pain and Suffering
April - Final Destinations: Heaven and Hell
May - Mere Evangelism: Insights on Sharing our Faith
The program is for residents of Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, who have completed the Year One Fellows Program.
To apply for the Life, Faith and Writings of C.S. Lewis Program please click the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfysRGk3kY-ogvmk0JlIrmrAlGKrxW50Zi1Y7rFf8hViw1j3A/viewform
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to develop disciples who will articulate, defend and live their faith
in personal and public life. By helping thoughtful believers mature in
discipleship and impact their sphere of influence for Jesus Christ, the
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