Screwtape Invites You to a Book Club
Your Invitation to Tim's Book Club
“Tim, which C.S. Lewis book should I read if I’ve not read him?”
I get asked this question often. My answer is always the same: The Screwtape Letters.
The Screwtape Letters has been in print since 1942. Some describe it as a genre-transcending work. Others like to call it an epistolary novel. However you choose to describe it, the fact remains: it’s one of Lewis’s most-read books. It’s approachable, practical, lively, and insightful.
Here are a few tidbits to whet your appetite:
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality, our best work is done by keeping things out.”
Or
“Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”
Or
“You are much more likely to make your man a sound drunkard by pressing drink on him as an anodyne when he is dull and weary than by encouraging him to use it as a means of merriment among his friends when he is happy.”
This book screamed at me as the perfect candidate to launch my book club. Now’s the perfect time to read it for the first time or reread it! For me, I’m in this book all the time, picking my way through different chapters throughout the year.
So, I’m launching Tim’s Book Club on June 22 and we’ll be reading The Screwtape Letters together!
I’m not going to lie—I’m pretty stoked about this. Sign up today and get 20% off forever.
Here’s how the book club will work …
Tim’s Book Club Details
+Begins June 22, 2020.
+Our first book will be The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
+The book club will be for all paid subscribers.
+How much is a paid subscription? About the price of two Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshakes or buying a Venti Toasted Graham Latte every month.
+We’ll read three chapters a week for ten weeks. Take a big deep breath. These chapters are short and easy to read—not to mention lively and enjoyable.
+The final week will be August 31st.
+Each week, I’ll send you an email with some interesting tidbits about Lewis and a little of my own commentary. These email will be succinct, engaging, and designed to provide helpful info as you read Lewis, perhaps for the first time.
+That same week we’ll meet up on “The Thread.”
What’s “The Thread”? It’s an email I send out with questions and discussion prompts about the chapter. All subscribers will be able to engage in this community with their own thoughts and comments about the weeks reading. I’ll post the prompts early in the day so that we can all be commenting and engaging with each other when it’s convenient throughout the day.
Check out what The Thread looks like here.
Win a Free Subscription!
+Yes, this is for paid subscribers only, but I’ll be giving away free subscriptions and a few free copies of The Screwtape Letters on Instagram this week.
So head over there, make sure you’re following me and stay tuned for the giveaway details.
Let’s Zoom
+If everyone’s into it, I’ll set up a monthly zoom meeting where we can all discuss face-to-face virtually. We’ll play this one by ear.
BONUS: Tim’s Book Club isn’t just a summer fling, though it certainly will be that! As a paid subscriber, you’ll be automatically in for the other books we’ll read throughout the year. I’ll announce the next book in August!
QUESTION: “But Tim,” you ask, “does this paid subscription only cover this one book club for the whole year?”
ANSWER: “Ah,” I reply. “Good question. No. Happily, a paid subscription will include several books over the course of a year and the foreseeable future.
Tim, Sign Me Up Right Now
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The Returning Stoke
Many of you (this means you, Casey!:) have texted or stopped me in person and said, “Tim, I need the stoke when I work in the yard on Saturdays!”
I hear you. Sorry for the brief respite. We took some R/R as a family, and I’ve been letting things quiet for a time considering the tenor of our culture right now.
But get ready. The Stoke returns this week. Not a subscriber yet? Get on it! :)
The Tempest and The Bloom
I took last week off from posting a new segment of the novel due to the unrest in our country. I wanted to be quiet and reflect.
This week, the novel returns with a brand new section that I love. Sign up to receive weekly updates and get ready for the KICKSTARTER campaign, coming to you soon!
A Final Word
“Work and learn in evil days, in insulted days, in days of debt and calamity. Fight best in the shade of the cloud of arrows.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can’t wait for this to start! Love this book.