Influential Writers

As i've been catching up on my blogsites this morning, i came across this one identifying influential thinkers and began to reflect on mine. This will lead to "influential leadership thinkers," "influential movies," influential...yep, you guessed it, the list could go on and on. Since time is short, i will launch with the central writer/thinker of my life--Clive Staples Lewis, without a doubt. His ability to capture the imagination, to examine the larger questions, to unabashedly direct his best thinking and writing to the difficult questions of life, all the while examining life in all its complexity, inspires me to slow down and give consideration. Yet, what may be most influential was his willingness to create an immediate community around him (Inklings) that, in themselves, kind of became the "Fellowship of the Ring." Have I done this? To some extent. We all need a community.