CSL Daily 1/5

FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (1/5) in 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.” Letter …

Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #4

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 book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was first published on this day (1/4) in 1965 (it’s now out of print). Learn more …

Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #3

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.   Before The Screwtape Letters was released as a book, it first appeared weekly (starting May 2, 1941) in The Guardian, a Church of England (Anglican) …

Top 5 Questionable Lewis Quotes for 2015

It’s no secret that not every quote attributed to C.S. Lewis found online (and sometimes even in books) is actually something he wrote. While I’ve been exploring this issue the last few years, it was only about four months ago that I began to devote individual posts to questionable quotations. While I’ve only examined sixteen expressions so …

Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #2

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.   Lewis dedicated The Screwtape Letters to his friend J.R.R. Tolkien. Ironically, he actually disliked the book! Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to …

Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #1

Today begins a “countdown” to the publication of my book C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell. I put that word in quotation marks because it’s unclear at this point when the book will begin shipping in March of this year. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share some facts I learned from my years of …