C.S. Lewis is a master of first paragraphs. Whenever you begin a Lewis book, I recommend taking the time to really analyze the themes and imagery he utilizes here.

Here are some of my favorites: Out of the Silent Planet:

The last drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settled his pack more comfortably on his tired shoulders, and stepped out from the shelter of a large chestnut tree into the middle of the road. A violent yellow sunset was pouring through a rift in the clouds to westward, but straight ahead over the hills the sky was the colour of dark slate. Every tree and blade of grass was dripping, and the road shone like a river. The Pedestrian wasted no time on the landscape but set out at once with the determined stride of a good walker who has lately realized that he will have to walk farther than he intended. That, indeed, was his situation. If he had chosen to look back, which he did not, he could have seen the spire of Much Nadderby, and, seeing it, might have uttered a malediction on the inhospitable little hotel which, though obviously empty, had refused him a bed. The place had changed hands since he last went for a walking tour in these parts. The kindly old landlord on whom he had reckoned had been replaced by someone whom the barmaid referred to as 'the lady,' and the lady was apparently a British innkeeper of that orthodox school who regard guests as a nuisance. His only chance now was Sterk, on the far side of the hills, and a good six miles away. The map marked an inn at Sterk. The Pedestrian was too experienced to build any very sanguine hopes on this, but there seemed nothing else within range.

Tolkien the Existentialist: A short 🧵 (1/9) I recently attempted to describe the realm of faerie as a meeting place of the transcendent and earthly. That isn’t wrong, but, based on my latest reading of Tolkien’s On Fairy-stories, my reasoning was backwards. (2/9)

Merry, did you know that your Barrow-blade,
Would stab the Witch-King of Angmar? Merry, did you know you and Éowyn,
Would fight on the fields of Pelennor?

Too many Christians derive their theology from contemporary Christian songwriters who derive their theology from other contemporary Christian songwriters who also have never read the Bible or studied historical theology. *Contemplating whether I should leave it at this or unload*