Hmm you aren't going to believe this. I've been reading books ~ those things with paper pages and bindings and oh book covers! I've fell into some reading that's going to slow me down.

When I read C.S. Lewis, I get the impression I'm from an illiterate generation and that the generation of kids around me ... Well ... goodness! Heaven help 'em.

You will not believe what brought this on (caused this to happen). I met a person who was reading CS Lewis. He had met a couple of people who had read or who were in the process of reading various CS Lewis books. He said they said they were all up for having a CS Lewis discussion ~ at MarillaAnne's Place. What? You thought I was talking about RL? Too funny.

So, I posted an announcement to the "MarillaAnne's Place Group" and in the Second Life Events database. Various people showed up. And so, now, there seems to be one or two that hang about to listen in and one or two who show up to be a pain (class, can we say the word "ban"? SL is not a democracy.) and a few who are actually reading. And none of them are from the original group.

Up to this point, we've just discussed whatever anyone had on their mind from reading whichever CS Lewis book they were reading. We've had the discussion in text in the open chat channel (which means anyone can read it). But last week I begged them to use voice. My hands and shoulders were in pain from typing so much. We started out in open chat but it quickly became obvious that we were not going to be able to concentrate and deal with the floatsum and jetsum type av's that wander in and out. So, I moved our voice chat to a private "IM call."

It was a very intense, yet gentle, discussion between three believers and an atheist who was just there to listen in because he and I were already talking when the time for the meeting came round. Of the three believers, one is deeply questioning ... no just beginning to feel comfortable with carefully examining who she's always thought God was and who God says He is. Like me, she is a bit amazed at how God provides ways to know Him through logical and deductive reasoning.

If you think you've detected a bit of UK-sounding phrasing, you are probably right. I've been around two ladies at church, one from England and one from South Africa, and various and sundry people in SL from the UK (both in text and voice) and I've been reading CS Lewis. Tell me how I could avoid picking up a bit of it!

Well, I'll keep you posted on how this all goes. If you're in Second Life, the meeting is on Tuesdays @ 6pm SLT (Second Life Time ... which runs exactly like PCT because the makers of SL live in San Francisco).

Enjoy,
Have fun,
pam

Pam is a Texan living on the Southern fringes of Upstate New York. She also lives in Second Life on a regular basis ~ mainly @ MarillaAnne's Place, German Town, Dream Island.