A Gem

If you could sum up The Weight of Glory in three words, what would they be?

Challenging, edifying and refreshing.

What did you like best about this story?

C.S Lewis is very thorough in his arguments. I particularly like these sermons because I find they show common sense, logic and because in it Lewis recognises qualities that are natural to humans - something we as a society seem to find increasingly difficult to do and express. I am grateful to have found these.

What does Ralph Cosham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Ralph Cosham reads beautifully and with understanding. Because he reads with understanding the content is easier to understand.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, but only because it contains too many new concepts for me to take in all at once.

Any additional comments?

The only change I would suggest is that some of the more complex ideas involving a comparison or summary of ideas could be read more slowly to allow the listener more time to take them in. Quite often I had to replay Lewis's principles to comprehend them, and to see if I agreed with them - for example, at the end of chapter 9: "No man who values originality will ever be original, but try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done, for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought." But I would probably have had to reread this comparison of related ideas in a book, so it's no probably more a symptom of my coming across a new set of ideas. Still, if they had been read a little more slowly it would have been easier to hit the pause button and find the point from where to listen again - several complex sets of ideas were read very quickly.

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Application

Comprehensive and very thought provoking. I will visit this text again,to glean more knowledge and wisdom.

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Great book!

My first CS Lewis read and totally worth it. Will be getting the book too. Narration wise, I had a bit of struggle trying to catch up, probably my own problem as I'm not a native English speaker. Otherwise, it's a great book to reread and ruminate.

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Classic CS Lewis read in just the right voice

Greatly appreciated the clear narrating style, and even more greatly appreciated the golden Lewis wisdom

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Worth a listen!

What an insightful and brilliant mind. C.s. lewis really unpacks the spiritual and material world into beautiful poetic analogies about the crossing over of one and the journey into the other. His english and writing reflects a man who has not only thought deeply about our God but also how much that God has moved his heart. Furthermore it is a good sized book that is re readable with sizeable truths and thoughts worth pondering.

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Deep and profound

Such a deep and profound book. This author speaks about many truths that makes one think. This is a great book!

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Great

Ralph Cosham is always to easy to listen to. I especially enjoyed Lewis' talk on 'The Inner Ring'.

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Very in depth

struggled to grasp some of what the narrative was, as it's so old school but some really resonated. The mono tone voice made it difficult to understand some aspects, so I recommend listening while not distracted so you can grasp what is being said.

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