The spiritual legacy of the author of A Wrinkle in Time (Aug ’18)

Finally, finally, my big announcement! Coming this August (2018) from Zondervan/HarperCollins, it’s the GREAT BIG LITERARY PARTY that is A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time.

(YOU GUYS. That gorgeous cover. I mean, just look at it! Many thanks to Madeleine’s family for permission to use that vintage photo.)

This fall would’ve been Madeleine L’Engle’s 100th birthday, and I can think of no better way to celebrate than to get a bunch of people together to talk about the woman who gave us, to quote author & film critic Jeffrey Overstreet, “the passport” to our creative callings. Not to mention, the woman who helped so many struggling young Christians articulate a grammar of wonder regarding faith and science. Oh, and who insisted upon story as a vehicle of truth. And who asserted that God is at work in the sacred and the secular. Because, well, Jesus.

The best part for me–in addition to reading more L’Engle in six months than seems humanly possible–has been interviewing a stellar roster of artists, writers, & culture-makers who either knew her (Philip Yancey! Luci Shaw!) and/or whose faith & vocation were influenced by her writings (Sarah Bessey, Makoto Fujimura, Nikki Grimes, Sara Zarr, Jeffrey Overstreet, D. L. Mayfield, Lisa Ann Cockrel, Jana Reiss…the list goes on). Along the way I’ve gotten to know Madeleine’s granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis, whose insights have been indispensable, PLUS I had the chance to interview Catherine Hand, co-producer of the Disney blockbuster.

So, yeah, a pretty fantabulous couple of months.

Here’s the official press announcement. Keep your eyes peeled for more! Meanwhile, have you gotten your movie tickets for A Wrinkle in Time yet? Can’t wait to hear what y’all think of it!

As Madeleine said, “We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.”

Shine on!