NEOH Inklings

The Inklings Fellowship

Image courtesy the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College

What Are Inklings?

 

The “inklings” originally were an informal literary circle in Oxford that began in the early 1930s, which consisted of C.S. Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams. This group met to enjoy the process of reading, thinking, and ultimately encouraging one another in their literary pursuits.

The C.S. Lewis Institute of Northeast Ohio Inklings meet for similar purposes of thinking, reading, and encouragement – but all centered on the call of Christ to be disciples.

Download the NEOH CSLI Inklings Summary & Reading List – 2025-2026

Format

  • Monthly readings, equivalent to about two (2) books per month.
  • A modest set of study questions for each month’s readings.
  • A monthly passage of scripture for meditation and memorization.
  • Monthly application questions focused on evangelism and apologetics.
  • Monthly small group meetings for fellowship and accountability.
  • Monthly lecture and group discussion on the first Saturday of each month.
    • Orientation/opening session in August
    • Beginning with the September retreat, Inklings lectures and discussions will be concurrent with (but separate from) the Year One Fellows’ sessions

What is Required?

  1. Attend Fall Retreat (Friday – Sunday).
  2. This program is open to alumni of the Fellows Program
  3. Regular, monthly attendance of lectures and small group discussion is expected.
  4. Participants must be monthly supporters of C.S. Lewis Institute – Northeast Ohio

 

Inklings Schedule

  • Orientation meeting: Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 9:00am
  • Fall Retreat: Friday – Sunday, September 12-14, 2025 | 3:00 p.m.
  • Monthly Lectures: first Saturday, October-June, 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
  • Monthly Small Group Gathering: October 2025 – June 2026

 

Cost

  • In order to remove barriers to participation, the C.S. Lewis Institute does not use a fixed tuition structure. However, the Institute incurs substantial expense in offering the program. We ask Alumni to make the Institute one of the ministries (after the church) that he or she supports on a regular basis.
  • All participants must cover the cost of the weekend retreat. Cost for the retreat is $350. Please click here to pay for Retreat fee. Inklings must pay for the books and materials required for the program. A book list will be provided to the Inklings over the summer, before the start of the program.

 

CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED, SO APPLY EARLY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Eagle and Child, an Oxford pub where the Inklings met.

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