Follow along in a compelling drama as two strangers, wise, articulate, passionate, mature

followers of Christ, become pen pals, then friends and confidants. Listen to their voices, watch hope rise as they make plans to finally meet face to face.

Their story is rich in insight.

It is deeply human and profoundly moving.

Hearing their own story in their own words has changed my life.

I hope it will touch yours.

This is Pints with Jack, Season 7, Episode 10,

The Major and the Missionary.

After Hours with Dr. Diana PavlachGliar and Dr. Don W. King.

Welcome to Pites for Jack, the podcast where we read through the works of C.S. Lewis. Today is an

after-hours episode. And today's opening quotation is an extract from Dr. Diana Pavlach Glyer's latest book,

The Major and the Missionary.

And this book is the complete correspondence between C.S. Lewis's brother and a lady

named Blanche Biggs.

So, if you want to know how Major Warren Lewis ended up corresponding with a missionary in Papua New Guinea,

how their correspondence shaped each other, and whether or not he thought she was cute,

please stay tuned.

And I'm joined today by the editor of the letters, Dr. Diana Pavlach Glyer.

Dr. Glyer has been on Pites of Jack many times, most recently for our C.S. Lewis Reading Day episode.

She is an award-winning writer who has spent more than 40 years coming through archives and studying old manuscripts and has read every single word of every single inkling.

Her scholarship, her teaching and her work as an artist all circle back to one common theme.

Creativity thrives in community.

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