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C.S. Lewis Institute

Risky Love

February 14, 2015 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Loving anyone is a risky thing. In fact, we could argue that “love is never seized apart from courage.” When we make ourselves vulnerable, we could get hurt. Lewis knew about the pain of loving. He lost his mother when he was about nine years old. He lost a close friend that he fought with in World War I—Paddy Moore. He lost his father and last but by no means least, his beloved wife, Joy, to cancer. Lewis nevertheless says about love: To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly … [Read more...] about Risky Love

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: Art Lindsley, C. S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Institute, Love

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