{"id":4555,"date":"2013-02-28T21:58:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2013-02-28T21:58:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:58:34","slug":"open-book-surprised-by-joy-by-c-s-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2013\/02\/open-book-surprised-by-joy-by-c-s-lewis.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Book: Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2013\/02\/surprised-by-joy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4556\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2013\/02\/surprised-by-joy-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Surprised by Joy\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Spiritual and children&#8217;s book writer C.S. Lewis wasn&#8217;t always the faith-filled person he so brilliantly displayed in his works. 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