By Dr. Charlie W. Starr Last month I wrote about fairy tales and myth as sources of truth. This month let’s consider the ways fairy tales don’t show us a true picture of reality. The Possibilities Let’s get one false view out of the way up front—that fairy tales are happy stories and […]
A princess diary
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr Last June, Americans watched with fascination as the United Kingdom celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee—the 60th anniversary of her coronation. I didn’t watch the festivities, but I had a reason to be interested. As a boy of 13 in 1977, I visited England for the first time during the […]
The lion, the witch, and the physicist
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr I am a C. S. Lewis fanatic. I’ve read all his works, been to his home in England, and even written a book about one of his stories. For an expert, it can be humbling when an amateur points out something you’ve missed. The book was The Lion, the […]