FACT OF THE DAY: It was on this day (1/23) in 1967 that Christian Reflections (an essay collection) was published. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless the measuring rod is independent of the things measured, we can do no measuring.” The Poison of Subjectivism (Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967) – – – QUIZ OF …
Month: January 2016
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #22
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. “Screwtape Proposes a Toast,” the follow-up essay from Lewis is about five times the length of the average letter from Screwtape. Learn more about my book, …
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CSL Daily 1/22
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “On Another Theme from Nicolas of Cusa” was published on 1/21/1955 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who trusted …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #21
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. In the new preface to the 1961 edition Lewis joked about The Screwtape Letters being the type of book “that gravitates towards spare bedrooms, there …
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CSL Daily 1/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s “Prudery and Philology” was published today (1/21) in 1955 in The Spectator. It is available in the Present Concerns book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #20
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. According to Walter Hooper, Lewis had likely finished writing all of The Screwtape Letters by the end of 1940. Learn more about my book, C.S. …
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CSL Daily 1/20
FACT OF THE DAY: “Ministering Angels” is a short story by Lewis first published in the January, 1958 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present to us: it is the very sign of His …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #19
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. The idea for Screwtape actually came to Lewis during a church service. He told his brother about it in a letter from July 1940: “It…would …
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2015 Recap, Part Two
This is the second of a two-part show reflecting on the new podcasts I posted in 2015. As noted previously, last year was very busy …almost 40 new shows (or never available via AAJ) were released. In this final recap for last year I finish out my reflection on the remaining programs not covered in …
CSL Daily 1/19
FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh installment of The Great Divorce was published today (1/19) in 1945; it covered the first quarter of chapter nine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till you are beyond both.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XI …