“I had a visit from . . . a man who should have been baptized ‘The Great Jim Como’ . . . I depended upon [him] to lead me through editorial thickets, and without a visit to New York to talk with him I am not sure I would ever have completed the Introduction to the Diary. . . . As so often, I began discussing the division of the letters with Jim Como, and I began work on Volume I in December of 1996. . . .”  – Walter Hooper, “Editing C. S. Lewis,” C. S. Lewis, Views from Wake Forest.

“Dr. James Como was the Lecturer for the ‘C.S. Lewis and Friends’ Lectureship in April, 2016 at Memphis Theological Seminary.  Dr. Como is a superb speaker exhibiting superior knowledge of his subject and an excellent ability to communicate that knowledge to a diverse audience.  Moreover, he welcomes questions and comments from his audience, and his friendly and engaging demeanor encourages such interaction.”  –  Rev. W.E. Knickerbocker, Professor Emeritus of Church History, Memphis Theological Seminary

“Your lectures have given me more cause for reflection than anything I have heard or read in a very long time.  And while the most thought provoking material was in the final lecture, the most profound experience for those who were there was the second.  In it you gave us Lewis through the lens of your understanding, but more importantly you gave us yourself, shaped and formed by your experience of Lewis, a living example of one for whom Lewis  mediates the presence of God in a unique way.”  — Dennis Beets, founding member, The Memphis C. S. Lewis Society.

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“. . . James Como, the best of American commentators on C. S. Lewis.”  

— William Griffin, Lewis biographer, commentator and anthologist.