Triangle Classical Forum

03/28/2026

Last Saturday's C. S. Lewis conference was a delight!

03/28/2026

Last Saturday we were delighted to welcome dozens of educators to the "Enjoying and Teaching the Works of C. S. Lewis" conference at Cary Christian School. Thank you to our plenary speakers, sponsors, and attendees for making it such a memorable day!

Recordings will become available within the next few weeks--stay tuned for more information.

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03/12/2026

Only 9 days away! View the full schedule and register today at https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference/

02/28/2026

3 weeks away! Have you registered yet?
👉 NEW SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: We will end the day with an engaging panel discussion on "Till We Have Faces" with our plenary speakers, Andrew Lazo, Annie Crawford, and Christine Norvell.

We are also excited to announce that lunch will be catered by Beow's Coffee & Café, who will be coming with a book table for you to discover and purchase books by and about C. S. Lewis.

REGISTER TODAY at https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference

02/19/2026

They said that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Now, it's time that you prove them right.

New Aberdeen College invites you to participate in our first George MacDonald Freshman Writing Competition, named after a famous nineteenth-century graduate from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland who later became a Calvinist preacher and prolific fiction writer.

How well can you think clearly, concisely, creatively, and competitively?

On March 28, during our Preview Day, courageous participants will gather at 1:00 p.m. to respond by hand to a prompt provided by the New Aberdeen faculty.

At the faculty’s discretion, competitors may be awarded scholarships up to $5,000, applicable toward enrollment at New Aberdeen College.

To participate, follow these steps:
> Enroll at New Aberdeen as a freshman or transfer student in Fall 2026. (The scholarship applies only at New Aberdeen College during the 2026-27 academic year.)
>Register for and attend the March 28 Preview Day.
> Attend the 1:00 p.m. writing competition session.

One or more awards will be given at the faculty's discretion after the event.

Questions? Direct them to [email protected].

02/14/2026

Only 5 weeks until the "Enjoying & Teaching the Works of C. S. Lewis" conference in Cary, NC! Have you registered yet? Learn more at https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference/

01/31/2026

In a season when educators are often scattered and stretched thin, this gathering offers something rare: a full day with scholars and teachers who understand both the gift and the weight of teaching the works of C. S. Lewis in a way that makes a lifelong impact.

Which books would you like to become better equipped to teach?

Join nationally-respected scholars and local teachers on March 21:

🦁 Explore The Chronicles of Narnia with Daniel Payne (Veritas School), Kristen Rudd (The Classical College Coach), and Jen Lederer (Cary Christian School)

🚀 Travel through The Space/Ransom Trilogy with Annie Crawford (Vine Classical Hall) and Dr. Josh Herring (Thales College)

✝️ Study Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, and The Abolition of Man with James Manuel (Grand Canyon University), Micah Terhune (Cary Christian School), and Winston Brady (Thales Academy)

📖 Discover Lewis’s insights into reading and teaching with Andrew Lazo (author of Mere Christians) and Christine Norvell (author of Till We Have Faces: A Reading Companion)

Teacher and college discounted tickets are available!

👉 Learn more and register at https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference

Do your students read The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, or other books by C. S. Lewis? Do you love teaching these works in your classroom or homeschool? Would you enjoy the opportunity to connect with and hear from fellow educators who spend time in the same books?

01/28/2026

Become a better reader--and teacher--of C. S. Lewis's greatest works! Join us March 21 in Cary, NC for a full-day conference featuring scholars and experienced educators exploring The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, Till We Have Faces, and more.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, this event is offered at an affordable price, with special discounts for educators and college students.

Learn more and register today:
👉 TriangleClassicalForum.com/Lewis-Conference

SPONSORED BY: The Society for Classical Learning, Pints with Jack, Belmont Abbey College, and The Lamp-post Listener.

01/27/2026

Join us March 21 to hear Joshua Herring of Thales College and "The Optimistic Curmudgeon" podcast speak about "Out of the Silent Planet," "Perelandra," and "That Hideous Strength."

TEACHING UNITY: C. S. LEWIS'S RANSOM TRILOGY: The three novels that make up Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy are so distinct from one another that it becomes difficult to determine what unifies these novels. This breakout session argues that the character Elwin Ransom is the unifying thread, and that in this character Lewis offers a three-step vision for change within the protagonist: awakening, participating, and cultural transformation. Dr. Herring will lay out his thesis, and then demonstrate it with several passages. Those who attend this session will get a taste of all three novels in this beautiful trilogy.

Learn more & register >> https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference/

01/21/2026

Join us March 21 to hear Daniel Payne of Veritas School and "The Lamp-post Listener" podcast speak about "Narnia as the Foundation for Children's Literature."

Before his encounter with the dragon, Lewis tells us that Eustace had read “none of the right books.” Many classical educators can easily name the wrong books, but identifying the right books is a subtler task. Thankfully, The Chronicles of Narnia can serve as a lamp-post to guide teachers and students through the world of children’s literature. But what makes them the right books? And how should we teach these stories so that they can “appear in their real potency?” In this talk, we will turn to Lewis’ own words to see how The Chronicles of Narnia can shape our understanding of the right books and provide a foundation for reading them well.

Learn more & register >> https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference/

01/19/2026

Our conference is only two months away! Register by January 31 for a chance to win free books by our speakers--click here for details: https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=47c170efb60e079cbbd7b83e9&id=2e9ac58257

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ANNIE CRAWFORD - Out of the Silent Planet: C. S. Lewis, Science Fiction, and the Baptized Imagination

Annie Crawford is a cultural apologist, classical educator, and lifelong student of C. S. Lewis with an MA in Cultural Apologetics from Houston Christian University. She teaches upper-school Humanities and apologetic courses at Vine Classical Hall in Austin, Texas, and offers online C. S. Lewis classes for The Symbolic World and the Discovery Institute.

A popular conference and podcast speaker, Annie is passionate about helping classical educators and homeschool parents form students who love truth, goodness, and beauty through the reading of Great Books.

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ANDREW LAZO - “Nothing So Nice”: C. S. Lewis and the Joy of Reading

The Rev’d Dr. Andrew Lazo (MA, MDiv) is an independent scholar, speaker, and writer on the life and work of C. S. Lewis. He is currently writing a long-awaited critical study of Till We Have Faces, and has edited a number of essay collections on Lewis.

He also co-hosts the popular weekly C. S. Lewis podcast Pints with Jack, and serves as a Distinguished Lecturer in the Romantic Theology program at Northwind Seminary. He ministers as an Episcopal priest at St. John’s, Tampa, and is the glad husband of speaker and bestselling author Dr. Christin Ditchfield Lazo.

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CHRISTINE NORVELL - Teaching Gems from C. S. Lewis

Christine Norvell has taught in classical, home school, and public education for over twenty-five years. With an MA in Humanities from Faulkner University’s Great Books program and a BS in English Education, she taught and served as Upper School Dean at Sager Classical Academy in Arkansas, at Regent Preparatory in Oklahoma, and online with Kepler Education.

Christine is a former senior contributor at The Imaginative Conservative and writes for a number of academic and literary websites. She is the author of Till We Have Faces: A Reading Companion (2020) and The Sycamore-Fig Tree: Biblical Botany and Scriptural Truths (Stone Tower Press, 2026).

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To meet our workshop speakers, learn more, and register, visit https://triangleclassicalforum.com/lewis-conference/