It's been a fun few days with the excitement of the Vikings beating Green Bay, the Twins beating Detroit and last night's Poetry Plus. Sharon's son was our guest presenter, and his program was on The Screwtape Letters of C.S. Lewis. I read that book when I was in my late teens and remember thinking "wow, that's odd stuff". I gave it another try before last night's program, and as usually is the case I had an entirely different perspective on it. This time I saw the satire instead of the "oddness" and pictured Professer Screwtape as an almost amusing purveyor of temptation toward his student Wormwood. Not to downplay the seriousness of the topic, but certain scenes made me laugh out loud. One being the man in the museum who is contemplating the deep religious tones of a painting - Screwtape instructs Wormwood to make the man focus instead on being hungry, therefore breaking his concentration and leave his spiritual thoughts behind and head for lunch! Makes me wonder how often I am visited by a Wormwood without even knowing it!!
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