Tag: reading

Sketch by Hugh Thomson of a Scene

A Taste of the Classics: Pride & Prejudice

In a society in which money, marriage, and social status had become the measure of all morality, Jane Austen’s finest novel illustrates the need for love and respect as the basis for any happy, healthy relationship (particularly marriage).

A Taste of the Classics

Over the years, Ken Boa has taught and helpfully summarized a number of works from classic literature. This series introduces several of 16 important works.

C.S. Lewis Retreat, June 2018: Introduction

In this recording of a presentation at a men’s retreat in Flowery Branch, GA, in June 2018, Ken Boa begins with a broader talk on “great books” and reading and transitions to an examination of some of C.S. Lewis’s ideas and writings, such as the relationship between higher and lower things and the “hints of heaven” God gives us in the “shadowlands” of this earthly life.