Which C.S. Lewis book contains the essay “Meditation in a Tool Shed”?

C.S. Lewis’s book God in the Dock contains the essay “Meditation in a Tool Shed.”

God in the Dock is a posthumous collection of essays and other short pieces by Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper. The title essay collection brings together writings on Christianity, culture, literature, and public questions rather than presenting a single continuous argument.

“Meditation in a Tool Shed” contrasts looking at a beam of light with looking along the beam toward its source. Lewis uses that distinction to discuss different ways of knowing and observing reality. The essay originally appeared in a periodical before being collected.

Readers sometimes attribute the piece to Mere Christianity because both books contain accessible Christian arguments. Mere Christianity, however, originated in Lewis’s wartime radio talks, while God in the Dock gathers shorter writings from different periods.