In my last post, â??The Narnia option,â? I began to sketch out the background for a strategy of faithfulness in a post-Christian age. Our Covenant editor, Zachary Guiliano, called it â??the Benedict option but with more magic.â? Bingo.
But for this Narnia option to work in any way comparable to the Benedict option or any other option, we need to be clear about what Narnia is in the analogy: it is the Church. I would be surprised if many people naturally gravitate to this view. For example, I stumbled upon a Reddit stream of six modest posts about my article, and the second one called me out: â??Lewis did not find his solution in the Church. He found it in Christ.â?
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