You Tube Theology

What is the deep longing that runs through C. S. Lewis’s life and writings? In this conversation, world-leading C. S. Lewis scholar Dr. Michael Ward explores Lewis’s understanding of longing, the ache for something beyond this world, and why it lies at the heart of his imagination, faith, and storytelling.

Drawing on Lewis’s fiction, theology, and personal reflections, Michael Ward unpacks the idea Lewis called Sehnsucht: a desire that points beyond itself, stirring us through beauty, myth, and story. From The Chronicles of Narnia to Lewis’s own spiritual journey, this conversation reveals how longing became a signpost toward joy, truth, and God.

00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - The Central Theme
04:08 - Sehnsucht
06:32 - Why Everyone Feels Longing
08:21 - The Argument from Desire
09:00 - The Weight of Glory
12:14 - Longing and Childhood
15:14 - Personal Longing
18:18 - Longing & Modern Culture
19:17 - The Tragedy of Longing
22:18 - Till We Have Faces
26:04 - Signposts for God
29:53 - Christian Longing
31:39 - Longing for Relationship
38:51 - Indescribable Longing
39:56 - Is God a Place?
41:40 - Why We Long For A Place
43:30 - We Are Far Too Easily Pleased

Subscribe for more conversations on faith, culture, imagination, and meaning.

Join the conversation in the comments below.

#CSLewis #MichaelWard #Sehnsucht #Longing #ChristianThought #Narnia #faithandculture

#MeaningOfLife #OriginsOfLife #Philosophy #Science #Existentialism #Purpose #DeepThoughts #LifeQuestions #PurposefulLiving #Aliens #ExistentialQuestions #LifePhilosophy