Its inspiration comes from a curious comment made by Clyde Kilby in the preface to The Screwtape Letters, to the effect that Screwtape writes from "a highly organized, computerized Hell" -- this despite the fact that computers were not exactly a common item in the world at the time, and the word "computer" is nowhere to be found in the text. This led me to wonder how Screwtape might regard the present day -- and when the name "Screwdisk" came into my mind, my course was set.
My faith differs somewhat from Lew is'; my theology and politics do as well. My personal stands and prejudices will become clear, I am sure, in the course of your reading. Nevertheless, I hope to do his memory justice, and I hope that people of all theol ogical stripes will find somethin g of value here.
This is intended to be a work-in-progress; new letters will be posted from time to time. As befits a Web-published work, I invite feedback from you, the reader -- in fact, please consider yourself solicited to submit letters of your own. I am certain th at I am not the only one who has stumbled upon these missives in his mailbox :-). Any submissions from readers will be found here.
Skip Mendler
The Poconos,
October 1995; updated September 1996, April 1997
(Note: One would be well-served, and one will get much more from the present work, if one goes out immediately and obtains a copy of The Screwtape Letters. It is a small volume, and a quick read. Even better, try to find John Cleese's marvelous reading on tape...)