Eric Carpenter<\/a> for this photo. His post also informed me that C. S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy both died on the same day.<\/p>\nI love this quote, but what I really love is that Lewis is smoking. I sure wish Lewis were alive today so he could weigh in on all that is going on Christianity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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