At an early age C.S. Lewis decided he didn’t like his first name…and believe me you wouldn’t want it either.
Month: May 2013
Fact: May 31, 2013
An abridged version of the book Miracles came out in 1958 published by The Association Press.
Quiz: May 31, 2013
To whom did Lewis dedicate Out of the Silent Planet?
Quote: May 31, 2013
“I take our emotional life to be ‘higher’ than the life of our sensations – not, of course, morally higher, but richer, more varied, more subtle.”
“Transposition”
(Sermon preached on 5/28/1944)
Lewis Didn’t Like Screwtape (CSLM-03)
While C.S. Lewis is known primarily for The Chronicle of Narnia books, his first really big “claim to fame” came from another series…one that he didn’t particularly like himself.
Fact: May 30, 2013
The fifth Screwtape letter was published today (5/30) in The Guardian in 1941. It talked about Wormwood failing in his duties…
Quote: May 30, 2013
(Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe that he is going to live forever.” The Screwtape Letters – V (first published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941)
Quiz: May 30, 2013
What is the first action of Prince Rilian in The Silver Chair when he is free of his enchantment?
Retro: May 29th – June 4th
Highlights in Lewis’s life for the week are: Advice from Screwtape on the danger war is to contented worldliness, a letter about figuring out “Aslan’s other name” and the acceptance of a new position late in his professional career.
One major event stands above all else for this time period in the life of Lewis. Most who know his life fairly
Quiz: May 29, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (2 words):
“Truth and falsehood _____ _____ ; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.”