FACT OF THE DAY: On September 22, 1944 “The Death of Words” was published in The Spectator. It was republished in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most important sense of a word is not always the most useful. What is the good of deepening a word’s connotation if you deprive the word …
Month: September 2017
CSL Daily 9/21/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sermon and the Lunch” was first published on September 21, 1945 in Church of England Newspaper. It’s now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say (and almost with pride) that they live only …
CSL Daily 9/20/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for Lewis began on September 20, 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things. Each player’s individual instrument …
CSL Daily 9/19/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published September 19, 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.” Surprised By Joy …
CSL Daily 9/18/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.” English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Published 9/16/1954)
CSL Daily 9/17/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on September 18, 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.” Religion: …
CSL Daily 9/16/17
FACT OF THE DAY: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published September 16, 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an occasional …
CSL Daily 9/15/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published on September 15th 1952. It was the third released Narnia story. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear …
CSL Daily 9/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published on September 14, 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.” “God in the Dock” (First …
(PODCAST) Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions – Episode 5
This is the fifth podcast episode in the series on “Misquotes and Misconceptions.” Returning guest host for this show is Rev. David Beckmann. Previously he was interviewed about a video series he produced entitled C.S. Lewis on Prayer (link below). This time he asks William O’Flaherty questions about a couple of confusing aspects of Lewis’ life. The topics are …
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