Month: April 2014

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Nearly ten years after Lewis’s death, his older brother, Warnie, died this month (yesterday the 9th) in 1973 (at the age of 77).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[God] can’t be used as a road. If you’re approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you’re not really approaching Him at all.”

A Grief Observed
(Paperback edition published 4/7/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who are the first two children to see Narnia?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (4/9) in 1941 Lewis gave his first Royal Air Force (RAF) talk at RAF Abingdon, Berkshire, England.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those who stand outside all judgements of value cannot have any ground for preferring one of their own impulses to another except the emotional strength of that impulse.”

The Abolition of Man
(Published 4/8/1947 as the first U.S. edition)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“For change is not progress unless ______ _____ _____ _____ …wherever there is real progress in knowledge, there is some knowledge that is not superseded.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (4/8) in 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.”

Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

This month one of the three books that became a part of Mere Christianity was published; what was it?
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Lewis & Women #2 – The “Factual” Women

William OFlaherty All About Jack

This is the second of four shows that explores how C.S. Lewis viewed women. Some think he either hated females, or at least feared them. Even those who know this isn’t true have a hard time explaining why. Dr. Crystal Hurd, who has done a series of blog posts on the topic, is William O’Flaherty’s special guest to explore this topic. Gina Dalfonzo, the editor of Breakpoint.org joins in as guest co-host. This second podcast examines women that Lewis either knew or wrote to during his life (“factual” as opposed to the fictional females he created in his books).
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.”

Preface to Broadcast Talks
(Written on 4/6/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was Prince Caspian’s tutor?
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If I Had Lunch with C.S. Lewis (Review)

William OFlaherty Special Feature

In 2013 two books related to Lewis studies was released by Dr. Alister McGrath. Now this year another book by him, If I Had Lunch with C.S. Lewis recently became available. Last year we were presented with a biography and collection of new scholarly essays that evaluated Lewis’s life and the major themes of his writings. The present volume has a unique enough title to at least stop you long enough to make you wonder just what the book is aiming to accomplish. The subtitle offers some assistance: “Exploring the Ideas of C.S. Lewis on the Meaning of Life.” I’m not sure, but I think this is the first book with Lewis’s name in the title AND subtitle.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“For change is not progress unless ______ _____ _____ _____ …wherever there is real progress in knowledge, there is some knowledge that is not superseded.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On Church Music was published this month in 1949 in English Church Music and is available in Lewis’s Christian Reflections.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.”

On Church Music
(Published in the April 194 issue of English Church Music)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The only surviving recording from the BBC series that is a chapter is Mere Christianity is what chapter?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Laws of Nature by Lewis was published today (4/4) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. now found in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The laws of Nature explain everything except the source of events.”

The Laws of Nature
(Published April 4, 1945 in The Coventry Evening Telegraph)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In which book of the Space/Ransom Trilogy is Belbury mentioned and what is it?

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C.S. Lewis Society of California Site

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

The C.S. Lewis Society of California has such a strong presence online that it is impossible to provide an adequate description of all their resources here because the purpose of this feature is designed to merely provide a short summary of other places online worthy of you attention. That said, not all the sections within their site are equally useful; but, then again, that will depend upon what you seek.