Suggested Reading

This is a classic -- it's by CS Lewis, and it is his best work of fiction (well, I have to admit I haven't read the Narnia Chronicles yet -- I know, I know!! I will soon). It is the tale of a demon and his nephew, corresponding via letters about the human that the younger demon is given charge. The younger nephew sends letters to his uncle with updates and advice; we never read those, but we do read the replies from Screwtape. (Yes, way back when the book was written -- in 1942 -- they had to write letters, no internet! Besides, The Screwtape Emails just doesn't have the same ring to it.)
The book is clever, poignant, humorous, and reveals more about the dangers and pitfalls of complacency and apathy in one's spiritual life than any sermon could ever reveal. The book is also just the right length to hold someone who doesn't like long reads, and yet contains amazing depth and heart. CS Lewis hits a homerun with this one and I strongly suggest it. You will not regret reading it.

(PS -- Trivia fact: In the 1993 video for U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from the Batman Returns film) Bono -- or rather an animated Bono, as the band are seen as cartoon heroes in the video -- is hit by a car and as he falls into a heap on the street, out of his hands falls beside his body a copy of -- The Screwtape Letters.)