The Weight of Glory

If you have a few hours to spare this Summer, pick up a copy of C. S. Lewis’ The Weight of Glory. If you do not have a few hours to spare, clear your schedule and make time to pick up and read through The Weight of Glory. The book is a collection of five sermons preached during and immediately after the World War II era by Lewis.  The sermons address: the dignity of human beings and their ultimate destiny, the place of learning in a world at war, membership in the body, the way of the world and (oddly enough) speaking in tongues.  The title sermon alone makes the book worth its cost.  The sermon on church membership is also quite helpful.  Readable, brief, thought provoking and edifying there is little excuse for this book to not be on your reading list for the Summer.

Thanks to Josh Wakefield for pointing out to me how appropriate it was for a Wheaton student to be reading Lewis during his summer break.