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More Christ Episode One Hundred and One: Os Guinness: Exodus with Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, and Signals of Transcendence

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The Joy of C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was a hard-boiled atheist, but his mother's death and the horror of World War I shook him up. The signal that got him searching, as you said, was joy. Joy is not happiness; Happiness is wonderful if you have it, it's all circumstances. And Lewis had his incredible experiences of joys - unsatisfied desires more desirable than any satisfaction.

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