We skipped Screwtape Letter 17 (it is homework reading tonight), and read together Letter 18. We discussed Screwtape's idea that there are more significant reasons to marry besides being in love. Although in our society and culture, being in love is usually a prerequisite to marriage, it has not always been so. It is easy to be deceived to believe that a marriage is intended to sustain feelings of being in love all the time, and often married couples believe their marriage is not binding because they experience periods of time without these "in love" feelings. However, it seems the essence of marriage is a commitment, and no commitment can be greater than the covenant of eternal marriage.
I continued to lecture on World War I.
Homework:
- Read Screwtape Letter 17.
- Final revision and edit of short story is due to Lauren Johnson by Friday midnight this week. No late work is acceptable because we must meet publication deadlines.
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