Category: The Screwtape Letters

Screwtape and Church »

Why have I no report on the causes of his fidelity to the parish church? Do you realize that unless it is due to indifference it is a very bad thing? Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of church going, the next best thing is to send him all over the [...]

Persevering in Christian Living »

Work hard, then, on the disappointment or anticlimax which is certainly coming to the patient during his first few weeks as a churchman. The Enemy allows this disappointment to occur on the threshold of every human endeavor. […] In every department of life it marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. The Enemy [...]