Letters on Living the Faith

A collection of excerpts from C.S. Lewis's letters offering guidance and encouragement to correspondents struggling with intellectual questions, personal conflicts, or ethical dilemmas.

C.S. Lewis's writings have inspired spiritual formation, helped people explore joy, facilitated redemption, and taught us the consequences of human choices.

Letters on Living the Faith provides wisdom and insight from Lewis—oftentimes to strangers. The letter arrangement is intentional and a felt need driven resource. The sections highlight:

• Prayer, meditation, spiritual seeking, and Christian formation
• How to put faith into practice, the psychology behind spirituality, and Catholic Doctrines
• Confessions of struggle, questions about Narnia, and consolation and courage

This compilation of letters is an intimate gem of wisdom that's easy-to-access for current fans and readers of Lewis, but will also feel approachable for new readers wanting to learn more. Lewis succeeded as a spiritual guide because of his character and the wonderful person he was.

Variety

I think my favorite part is that since he is corresponding with several different people there is a diversity in his responses. There's longer more complex letters as well as short simple responses.

Another point that I loved about this is that this collection gave a great insight on the type of man C.S. Lewis is.

The final few letters moved me and brought me to tears.

Oh also I quite enjoyed the narrator.

John Lee, Are You Being Electrocuted?

A very good collection of CSL's letters, which is great to have. I have the ginormous three-volume set of all his letters, and they are worth reading as a sort of treasure hunt, but they can be a slog if you're wanting just the gold nuggets of Lewis's best thoughts. This aptly named collection cuts straight to the most edifying and practical advice on daily living in faith.

However, I'll have to get this thing in print. John Lee, an audio performer I've enjoyed plenty, here sounds like he's having a fit of convulsions, blasting through the beginnings of his lines in an exaggerated crescendo version of his normal delivery and then falling off a cliff to barely audible endings of each line. I tried to ignore the annoying cadence of it and just lean into the words, but it proved a terrible strain. Maybe that won't be everyone's experience, these matters can be so subjective. But I found the reading insufferable.