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Further Up and Further In

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    Last Updated: June 29, 2009

    furtherAll during July, Lifelink Memphis is hosting a lecture series by Ben Cummings entitled Further Up and Further In – A Deeper Look at the Chronicles of Narnia in which Ben will explore the themes and elements of C. S. Lewis’ classic fantasy books.

    Lectures will be held each Wednesday from 7-8pm, the schedule is:

    • July 1 -Dragons and Dryads: Magic, Myth, and Poetry -
      “Eustace had read only the wrong books. They had a lot to say about exports and imports and governments and drains, but they were weak on dragons”
    • July 8 -Loyal as a Badger, valiant as a mouse: Honour and Duty -
      “Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do. He rushed straight up to the monster and aimed a slash of his sword at its side.”
    • July 15 -Talking Beasts: Coronation & Kingship, Unveiling of Identity -
      “something was happening at last”
    • July 22 -A Very Serious Thing: Narnian Warnings -
      “But kill me, and the burnings and torturings in these northern lands shall become a tale to frighten the world a thousand years hence. Beware! Beware! Beware! The bolt of Tash falls from above”

    A question and answer time will follow and refreshment will be served.

    Lifelink Memphis is at 1015 S. Cooper

    Memphis TN 38104

    See map

    For more details call 901-377-3372

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