Month: March 2014

Lewis & Women #1 – Miniseries Overview

William OFlaherty All About Jack

This is the first of a four part miniseries exploring how C.S. Lewis viewed women. Did he secretly hate them or at least had a negative view of females in general? Dr. Crystal Hurd, who has done a series of blog posts on the topic, is my special guest. Another female, Gina Dalfonzo, the editor of Breakpoint.org joins in as guest co-host. Today’s podcast presents a general overview by briefly exploring nearly all of the issues related to this subject.

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 31st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.”

Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language
(Sermon Preached 3/31/1946)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What landmark event happen in Lewis’s life this month that was actually for the second time?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

This month (on the 7th) in 1945 Lewis wrote a letter to Mr. McClain turning down an offer for a speaking tour in America.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Friendship is unnecessary…it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”

The Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are ______ ______ ______ ____ .”

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

21st installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (3/29) in The Guardian in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[In Heaven there] is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light can swallow up your darkness: but your darkness cannot now infect our light.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXI
(Published in The Guardian on 3/29/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book of essays that was Lewis’s first was released in what year this month?

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Four Loves was released on this day (3/28) in 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”

The Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom did Lewis dedicate The Screwtape Letters?

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Charlie Starr’s Lewis Pages

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

Dr. Charlie W. Starr has published several scholarly and popular articles on C. S. Lewis, especially on Lewis and film. His personal website has a section devoted to Lewis that you will want to check out. A large variety of articles he has written over the years are available in his “Charlie’s Lewis Essays” subsection. Among the articles is a very insightful piece called “C.S. Lewis’s Vision of Heaven” that was first published in CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society. His “Chronicles of Narnia” area includes all the maps on Narnia in one place for easy reference. There are several other subsections in Charlie’s site to explore as well.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Unreal Estates,” a transcript of an interview with Lewis and others was published in the March, 1965 edition of Encounter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”

The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In “The Last Battle” what is the result of the Dwarfs being so afraid of getting taken in again?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Dogma and Science” was published today (3/26) in 1943 in The Guardian; it’s now part of “Dogma and the Universe” in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!”

The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The ______ ______ _____ _____ is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (3/25) in 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a collection of eighteen essays, became available.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ready for.”

Letter to Sister Penelope CSMV on 3/25/1943
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The first book ever published by Lewis was this month. What and when was it?
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Taylor Colloquium 2014 (REPEAT)

William OFlaherty All About Jack

The following is a conversation I had with Dr. Pamela Jordan-Long from Taylor University about the 2014 C.S. Lewis Colloquium being held on campus May 29-June 1. She also gives some details about their C.S. Lewis Center which has a wide range of books from him and several other authors. The featured speakers include Dr. Michael Ward and Dr. Bruce Edwards who have been on previous All About Jack shows.

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