Lewis Festival Scholar Series
Episodes
"Do your stories influence your Christianity?" Lena Roy Ep. 3 LFSS Season 7
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is on Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of theall time classic’s, A Wrinkle In Time. The seeker, Madeleine L’Engle, becomes the stor...
"Imagination in Lewis’s Journey to Faith" Sarah Arthur Ep. 2 LFSS Season 7
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast features Festival co-founder, Sarah Arthur. Sarah is the author of a dozen nonfiction books on the intersection of faith and great l...
"Of Solitude and Spiritual Friendships: Thomas Merton" Sophfronia Scott Ep. 1 LFSS Season 7
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features award winning journalist Sophfronia Scott, founding director of the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing and author of The Seeke...
"Do you agree with Jack on Man's Greatest Sin?" Jerry Root Ep. 4 LFSS Season 6
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Root continues his theme from his keynote address including what he feels is man’s greatest sin. (And it’s not what Lewis felt was man’s g...
"Means of Grace and Treasured Relationships" Dr. Wayne Martindale Ep. 3 LFSS Season 6
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis wrote personal letters to everyone who wrote him but he held Anglican Bishop Arthur Greeves in high esteem. Why did he write over 300 letters ov...
"Inkling, Historian, Soldier and Brother" Don King Ep. 2 LFSS Season 6
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Don W. King gives us remarkable insights into the life and mind of Warren's famous brother, C. S. Lewis. In his much anticipated new ...
"How do you define friendship? And how Did C.S Lewis?" Jerry Root Ep. 1 LFSS Season 6
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you define friendship? And why was friendship, in all walks of life, central to C. S. Lewis’s life? Esteemed author, professor, and speak...
"Arguing with Jack" Sarah Arthur, Ep. 3 LFSS Season 5
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast features Festival Co-Founder Sarah Arthur. Sarah is the author of a dozen nonfiction books on the intersection of faith and great li...
"Reflections and Women and C.S. Lewis" Ann Voskamp Ep. 2 LFSS Season 5
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Voskamp was the featured speaker in 2022 at the annual C.S. Lewis Festival in Petoskey, Michigan. Her talk, Reflections and Women and C.S. Lewis, ...
"On Jack, Struggles, Joy, and WAYMAKER" Ann Voskamp Ep. 1 LFSS Season 5
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The C.S. Lewis Festival welcomed best-selling author Ann Voskamp as keynote speaker in 2022. At a sold-out event at Great Lakes Center for the Arts, A...
"What does it take to be intentional..." Kristen Johnson Ep. 3 LFSS Season 4
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kristen Johnson, Professor of Theology and Christian Formation at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. In 2018, Kr...
"Life has no better gift to give" Providential Friendship by Trygve Johnson, Ep. 2 of LFSS Season 4
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear Trygve Johnson share on a deeply personal and profound topic, Providential Friendship: How God used a simple friendship to inspire the imaginatio...
"Where the Light Fell" Philip Yancy: Ep.1 of LFSS Season 4
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Crouse sits down with Philip at the majestic Great LakesCenter for the Arts in Bay Harbor, Michigan. Over 300 attended in what turned out to be ...
LFSS Interview Special: "Carolyn Curtis on Women and C.S. Lewis"
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LFSS Interview Special: "Ann Voskamp on WayMaker and C.S Lewis"
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a very special interview with renowned author Ann Voskamp! Festival Co-Founder David Crouse sits down for a zoom interview with Ann to dis...
Ep. 3, Season 3 "CS Lewis & Dorothy L. Sayers at War" Crystal Downing
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third and final talk on C.S. Lewis and War delivered by esteemed author and Dorothy Sayers scholar Crystal Downing. Downing is Co-Director...
Ep. 2, Season 3 "Neither Patriot nor Pacifist but Patient" David Downing
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2nd talk in this series, Lewis and War, is a marvelous presentation by Dr. David Downing, Co-Director, of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton Col...
Ep. 1, Season 3 "CS Lewis and Heroic Tradition" Joseph Loconte
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to season 3 of the Lewis Festival Scholar Series!This first episode visits 2015 for a talk by Dr. Joseph Loconte, Senior Fellow in Christianit...
Ep. 5, Season 2 "David Crouse interviews Malcolm Guite"
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Film producer and podcast host David Crouse in a free ranging interview with renowned British poet & author Malcom Guite. Included is Malcom’s p...
Ep. 4, Season 2 "The Chronicles of Narnia: Mishmash or Masterpiece? Pt. 2" Michael Ward
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of Season 2, Lewis scholar Rev. Dr. Michael Ward presents his discovery that the Narnia books are secretly patterned accord...
Ep. 3, Season 2 "Dante and the Poets of Great Renown, Including C.S. Lewis" Malcolm Guite
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode continues a talk from the 2018 C.S. Lewis Festival in which Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite examines Dante's influence over renowned poets in...
Ep. 2, Season 2 "The Chronicles of Narnia: Mishmash or Masterpiece? Pt. 1" Michael Ward
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get the first of two talked on Lewis’s masterpiece, The Chronicles of Narnia, and why it’s considered the greatest children’...
Ep. 1, Season 2 "In the Footsteps of Vergil: Dante and Lewis" Malcolm Guite
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the debut episode of The Lewis festival Scholar Series, we visit 2018 to hear from renowned poet & author Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite. Rev. Dr. Guit...
C. S. Lewis Festival Scholar Series Special: Walter Hooper
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The C. S. Lewis Festival Scholar Series presents a special episode in honor of Walter Hooper, renowned Lewis scholar and C.S. Lewis’ private secre...
Ep. 5 “The Neglected C.S Lewis" Jerry Root, 2020
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of Season 1, David Crouse interviews Jerry Root. The interview covers his conversion, his introduction to C.S. Lewis, and the insp...
Ep. 4 “Weaving the Spell: CS Lewis on Breaking the Enchantment of Worldliness." Phil Jamieson, 2016
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast continues to delve into the surprising imagination of C. S. Lewis with Dr. Phil Jamieson, teacher-lecturer-and minister. As a prof...
Ep. 3 “My Own Eyes are Not Enough for Me" Jerry Root, 2016
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Jerry Root continues to delve into the surprising imagination of Lewis. That imagination produced poetry, literary criticism, myt...
Ep. 2 “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: C.S.Lewis and the Nuanced Imagination" Mark Neal, 2016
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Lewis Festical Scholar Series, Mark Neal takes an intriguing look into how you define imagination. C. S. Lewis had a very nuanced underst...
Ep. 1 "The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis" Jerry Root, 2016
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our premier episode is The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis with renowned Lewis Scholar and professor Dr. Jerry Root. Dr. Root dives deep into the...
Lewis Festival Scholar Series Trailer
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to announce the premiere of the Lewis Festival Scholar Series! Join us every week beginning September 25th at noon for the release of ...