The author I love

If I could spend a few hours talking with any dead author of my choice, it would be C.S. Lewis. I am amazed by his writing and deep understanding of the spiritual realm. He not only understands the deepest truths of Christianity but has a way of portraying them with the written word that makes them come alive in ways I have never experienced before. I am beginning to fall in love with the idea of Heaven for the first time in my life on account of his work. That may sound strange- who wouldn't love the idea of Heaven? I never had felt the longing for Heaven that I knew I should because of some misconceptions about what it is like and what I will be doing there. Admit it, we've probably all thought at one time or another that it might be boring sitting there singing for an infinity of years. We sometimes get wrong ideas about Heaven in our minds that can be hard to shake. But the book Beyond the Shadowlands, which is actually written by Wayne Martindale but is all about Lewis' writings, has opened up ideas of Heaven that are finally starting to make my mouth water. These are scriptural ideas, but things I have missed understanding in their proper way. When Lewis talks of them I think "Ah-ha! Why didn't I think of that before?" I highly recommend this book as an eye opening and stimulating read about Heaven (and Hell by the way, both are addressed.)