The Time of His Life

Normally we wish for someone who has died that they rest in peace. Thinking about C.S. Lewis, however, the phrase just doesn't fit. I rather imagine that he is having the time of his life. 

The giant of 20th century Christianity died 50 years ago yesterday, November 22, 1963. If that date has a familiar ring it is because America lost its young President JFK to an assassin's bullet the same day. 

Peter Kreeft from Boston College has written a wonderful little book that has Lewis, JFK, and Aldous Huxley, a somewhat famous British author who also died that day, in the waiting room outside God's office. Between Heaven and Hell focuses on their conversation while awaiting their appointments with Him. Lewis represents Christianity, Kennedy embodies pragmatism, and Huxley is Epicurean (Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die!). Just as he did in life, Lewis patiently and gently shows what is wrong with the other worldviews and why Christianity is the only one that fits the facts and provides answers to the meaning of life. Reading (or re-reading) Kreeft's book is a good way to remember Lewis and to understand why he is undoubtedly having the time of his life.