Reading C.S. Lewis in 2026: Reflections on Miracles

A friend and I set a goal to read 12 C. S. Lewis books in 2026—one book each month.

Our routine has been simple but so meaningful: we read 50–100 pages each week, then FaceTime to discuss what we’ve read. She had the brilliant idea to use little page flags to mark the parts we want to chat about, and that has made our conversations even better.

So far, we’ve read The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, A Grief Observed, The Great Divorce, and Till We Have Faces.

One thing we’ve noticed about Lewis’s writing is that he really loves to set the stage. He gives so much context and background that sometimes you wonder where he’s going with it all.

And then—typically about two-thirds of the way through—you hit the chapter where everything clicks.

Suddenly, everything you’ve read starts making sense.

Then Came Miracles

I was probably getting a little too confident.

I started thinking the more Lewis books we read, the easier they would get.

Then June came, and we tackled Miracles.

Humbling.

I listened to the audiobook while reading along, and honestly, I often felt like a toddler trying to read a teenager’s book. The way Lewis’s mind works made me feel a little slow and uneducated.

But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

A little kick to the ego can be healthy sometimes.

God gave him a truly brilliant mind.

A Powerful Idea About Miracles

One concept from this book really stood out to me.

Lewis presents the idea that a miracle is not God changing the course of nature, but rather that He sometimes short-circuits the normal timeline.

That idea alone gave me so much to think about.

“The miracle consists in the short cut; but the event to which it leads is the usual one.” (page 221)

I found that perspective fascinating.

If I had to pick a favorite chapter, it would be Chapter 15: Miracles of the Old Creation.

Here are some of the excerpts I flagged while reading.

“Everything is connected with everything else: but not all things are connected by the short and straight roads we expected.” (page 97)

“When you consider the immense number of meetings and fertile unions between ancestors which were necessary in order that you should be born, you perceive that it was once immensely improbable that such a person as you should come to exist: but once you are here, the report of your existence is not in the least incredible.” (page 161)

“Theology offers you a working arrangement, which leaves the scientist free to continue his experiments and the Christian to continue his prayers.” (page 170)

“We believe that the sun is in the sky at midday in summer not because we can clearly see the sun (in fact, we cannot) but because we can see everything else.” (page 176)

“We speak for the convenience of the doctor, or the dressing, healing a cut. But in another sense every cut heals itself: no cut can be healed in a corpse.” (page 227)

“When Christ stills the storm He does what God has often done before. God made Nature such that there would be both storms and calm: in that way all storms (except those still going on) have been stilled by God.” (page 230)

Final Thoughts

This book challenged me in ways I didn’t expect.

It stretched my thinking, deepened my appreciation for Lewis, and gave me a fresh perspective on miracles, nature, and God’s work in the world.

Have you read Miracles?

Or is it now on your reading list?

I’d love to hear your thoughts—especially if any of these quotes challenged or encouraged you.