FACT OF THE DAY: This month in 1984 (actually on the 15th) The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis (edited by Hooper) was released. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of …
Month: March 2016
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #12r
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. First published in 1942, a new edition of The Screwtape Letters came out in 1961 that included the follow-up essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast.” …
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CSL Daily 3/12
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/12) in 1919 Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #11r
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. After Lewis said he would not write any more letters from Screwtape, he did an essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” that was published in …
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CSL Daily 3/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
CSL Daily 3/10
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #10r
The Screwtape Letter 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. Charles Williams wrote a second review of The Screwtape Letters. It appeared in The Dublin Review in their October, 1942 issue. Learn more about …
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Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #9r
The Screwtape Letter 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. “Letters in Hell” by Charles Williams (a friend of Lewis) was the first Screwtape copy-cat. It was a book review of Lewis’s work and …
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CSL Daily 3/9
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #8r
The Screwtape Letter 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 money Lewis was paid (£62) from The Guardian for the weekly publication of “The Screwtape Letters” was given to charity. Learn more about …
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