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   Suffering and Inspiration

   by Meryl Kaleida

   May 5, 2014 8:03 pm 7 Comments

   Flannery O’Connor suffered from lupus. C.S. Lewis lost his young wife to cancer after only 4 years of marriage. There is a theory that G.K. Chesterton suffered from developmental coordination disorder. J.R.R. Tolkien contracted trench fever while serving in World War I, and continued to have bouts of illness throughout… Read more »

   Tags: adversity C.S. Lewis creativity Flannery O'Connor G.K. Chesterton inspiration J.R.R. Tolkien novels redemption suffering writing