Do you agree that these are important distinctions? Why or why not?ĥ. Similarly, Lewis is concerned about his perception of God and the reality of God. There is a tension for Lewis between his memory of his wife and the reality of who she was. But when we’re desperate, God feels more like “a door slammed in the face.” Has this been your experience? Where do you turn when you’re suffering? What kind of door has greeted you? Describe it.Ĥ. When we’re happy, he says, God feels like an open embrace. A writer captivated by theology, Lewis turns to the presence (or absence) of God in our suffering. How do you want to share space with other people in your darkest days?ģ. Sometimes, he feels like an embarrassment as friends and colleagues muster the courage to say something, anything, to him-or choose to avoid him altogether. Lewis admits to being distant from their conversations but needy for their company. Other people can complicate coping with our own grief. Drawing from your personal story, how would you finish that same sentence? “No one ever told me that grief felt so like…”Ģ. Lewis in A Grief Observed, a book of reflections on life and loss after the death of his wife. “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear,” starts C.S. Join us for the Everything Happens Book Club. Download these discussion questions as a PDF.
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