Welcome to all the NEW visitors to my website! I thought with the recent increase in visitors that a BRIEF overview of what my site has would be useful. I began this site about ten years ago and focused on providing quotes and facts about C.S. Lewis, my favorite author. Currently, I have “CSL Daily” …
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Most of you are aware that this website and my social media places are all paid for by a single person, myself (William O’Flaherty) because of my love of the writings of C.S. Lewis. You can play a part in supporting these works by clicking on the links I have and buy ANYTHING after following …
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updated 3/24/18 The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is now available to buy – Learn where to get it The following is the easiest way to locate the six part podcast series Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions. This series is a companion to my Confirming Quotations and Correcting Misconceptions blog posts. Just click on the picture of …
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The purpose of Essential C.S. Lewis is to provide useful information to all types of C.S. Lewis fans. So, whether you are new to the works and writings of C.S. Lewis, or have been reading him for years, you should be able to find something new and/or interesting. Something just begun in 2013 are two …
Can you tell the difference between a genuine quotation by C.S. Lewis and one falsely attributed to him? Recently on social media there was a video having you guess if a quote was by Taylor Swift or C.S. Lewis. I’m sure it was all meant in fun. Sadly, they got some Lewis quotes wrong (he …
William O’Flaherty was recently interviewed by the Screwtape Letters Podcast: Confronting Evil in Our Time. Permission was given to share this excerpt from the beginning of their show. So, the following is part of a longer conversation. Follow the link below to listen to the entire interview (and also see links to other useful material …
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SCREWTAPE SATURDAYS is something I’ve been doing over at my YouTube channel (Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis) since the first of 2024. They are a series of shorts (60-second videos) that typically elaborate on a single topic Screwtape mentions across several letters. This is the first special edition that combines FIVE previously shared shows. At …
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IMAGE The SECOND of a two-part show exploring what we can learn about disability from C.S. Lewis’s doctor. Dr. Robert Havard wrote the appendix in The Problem of Pain. Joining William O’Flaherty to co-host this interview is Connor Salter. Our guests are Dr. Zachary Schmoll and Levi Anderson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to Disability: What Does Lewis’s …
The first of a two-part show exploring what we can learn about disability from C.S. Lewis’s doctor. Dr. Robert Havard wrote the appendix in The Problem of Pain. Joining William O’Flaherty to co-host this interview is Connor Salter. Our guests are Dr. Zachary Schmoll and Levi Anderson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to Disability: What Does Lewis’s Doctor Teach …
Interview with Sørina Higgins about her audio-only work C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker. It’s part of The Great Courses and available through Audible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker Interview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See a video version of this Interview on YouTube (IS live-action): Buy the audiobook Author Website The Oddestinkling Site Other Useful …
Prince Caspian (on stage) will be at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, March 1 – April 27, 2024. Here’s your chance to win two tickets to the premier weekend! Logos Theatre is presenting the play. Learn more about it via this video. The tickets being given away are ONLY for the first …
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Each month you can find the latest news and information about Lewis-related happenings. It might be about an upcoming event, a recent event that posted a video or audio, a podcast that had an especially unique episode about Lewis, or an online article related to Lewis. NOTE: Not all articles are read, nor are each audio or …
Interview with Sarah Arthur about her YA Fantasy novel, ONCE A QUEEN that releases January 30th. A mysterious manor house hides the keys to shocking family secrets—and portals to other worlds—in the richly woven opener to bestselling author Sarah Arthur’s young adult fantasy series. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to Once a Queen Interview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See a video …
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This is the third in a series new for 2024 entitled “MISQUOTE MONDAYS.” Each Monday this year I’m sharing a YouTube short highlighting a quotation credited to Lewis that is questionable. He didn’t write most of them. Below is the quote examined this week. You can also read about this one in a previously written …
