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Marriage Advice From the Bachelor C.S. Lewis

Marriage Advice From the Bachelor C.S. Lewis

Feelings can be a spark but not a foundation for a relationship

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Aaron Earls
Feb 12, 2025
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C.S. Lewis spent most of his adult life as a bachelor and probably assumed he would die as one, but then he was surprised by a different type of Joy.

In 1950, Joy Davidman began writing to Lewis. She traveled to the U.K. and had several lunch meetings with him in August 1952. They began to develop a deep friendship.…

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