Walking Through The Wardrobe: A devotional quest into The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe; Sarah Arthur
Another Christmas book. A devotional canvassing LWW by C.S. Lewis. This one isn't meant to last for the year with a daily reading. Arthur is a Lewis fan and you can see that this is more of a study into the first Narnia book itself rather than an outright Bible study.The chapters are longer and they break LWW down by characters giving a profile of each and how they're related to the Christian message that Lewis was conveying. Each chapter cross references other works of Lewis, adds trivia tidbits about his life or origins of story elements, and also poses questions for self reflection and Bible verses to read and ponder related to each subject. It's a very thorough exercise. I would suggest the same caveat that I did regarding A Hobbit Devotional - that of being firm in your faith before reading so as not to worship the fictional material, but other than that, I really liked this one. It's hard to misinterpret Lewis when it comes to his expounding on Christian principles anyway. New Christians or those flirting with Christianity could get something out of this. And even if the Christian connection isn't what you're after, it still is good for laying out how all the main characters fit together. Secularly speaking, I always thought that four main characters was too many, but I have a new perspective after this. So I recommend it to everyone, Christian or not.
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