Screwtape Letters was in a pile of books somewhere during my fast Christian ramp-up. I was consuming anything I could find and had already read “Surprised by Joy” by Lewis. It seemed a little difficult to read and quite frankly it scared me a bit. Were there actually demons hanging around my apartment? Did they want to destroy me? Was there anything I could do? It was almost too much to consume. I read it again after becoming a normalized Christian (none of that crazy, super ecstatic thinking anymore!) and the story reminded me of the very real, constant battle that Satan was waging against God and his people. It reminded me to pray for God to war in the heavenly realm for people who were struggling. And, when I read “This Present Darkness”, I was even more impressed with the need to take seriously the spiritual realm of my life. There is something much bigger going on her than my little life.