Month: August 2014

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (8/9) in 1939.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice things about anyone else—perfect humility will need no modesty.”

Letter to Sister Penelope 8/9/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book got the notice of someone from the BBC that lead to an invitation to Lewis’s debut on the radio that was this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 8th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (8/8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present.”

The Screwtape Letters XV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What animal was Screwtape turn into when he became so angry with Wormwood?
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C.S. Lewis Institute YouTube Channel

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

There are nearly an endless variety of free videos on just about any subject online. It’s just a matter of knowing where to look for them. One of the reasons I enjoy sharing about other places online to find material on C.S. Lewis is that you might not know where they are. Which is why I’m highlighting these videos from the C.S. Lewis Institute.

The C.S. Lewis Institute has more than the four video series I’m spotlighting, so be sure to check their other offerings. The ones I’m focusing on are about three that deal with Lewis’s books and one on a book about Lewis.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 7th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven. ”

Letter to Mrs. Johnson 8/7/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What did Lewis do this month that made the publication of the Narnia books possible?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 6th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Right and Wrong are.”

The Law of Human Nature
(First heard on the BBC on 8/6/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Invocation of Saints” is a letter published today (5th) in 1949 in Church Times that is now in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape advises:] “You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness but as a certain kind of opinion (namely, a low opinion) of his own talents and character.”

The Screwtape Letters XIV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis did something “great” in his early life this month; what was it?
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D.L. Moody: A Life (Kevin Belmonte)

William OFlaherty All About Jack

This is a very different edition of All About Jack. Normally I share material more directly related to C.S. Lewis, but that’s not the case today. Instead I’m sharing an interview I asked Gina Dalfonzo to conduct on my behalf with Kevin Belmonte about his new book called D.L. Moody A Life: Innovator, Evangelist, World Changer. While we know of no direct influence Moody had on Lewis, we do know that Moody advocated what Lewis would later call “Mere Christianity.”

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 4th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility. ”

The Screwtape Letters XIV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

During Jill’s first meeting with Aslan she wanted to do something, but was afraid to…what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 3rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis resigned from Cambridge this month in 1963 where he held the chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I take it as a first principle that we must not interpret any one part of Scripture so that it contradicts other parts, and specially we must not use an apostle’s teaching to contradict that of Our Lord.

Letter to Mrs. Emily Mclay 8/3/1953
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 2nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“On the Death of Charles Williams” (“To Charles Williams” in Poems) was first published in the August, 1945 issue of Britain Today.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. ”

Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/2/1954
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis edited three books during his life, each about another writer. Two of them were about the same author. Who was that writer?
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