FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, on March 31, 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
Month: March 2018
CSL Daily 03/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 7, 1945 Lewis wrote a letter to Mr. McClain turning down an offer for a speaking tour in America. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Friendship is unnecessary…it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” The Four Loves (Published …
CSL Daily 03/29/18
FACT OF THE DAY: 21st installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published March 29, 1945 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[In Heaven there] is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light can swallow up your darkness: but your darkness cannot now infect our light.” Who Goes Home? or …
CSL Daily 03/28/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Four Loves was released on March 28, 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.” The Four Loves (Published on 3/28/1960)
CSL Daily 03/27/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Unreal Estates,” a transcript of an interview with Lewis and others was published in the March, 1965 edition of Encounter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.” The Last Battle (said by Aslan) (Published on 3/19/1956)
CSL Daily 03/26/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Dogma and Science” was published March 26, 1943 in The Guardian; it’s now part of “Dogma and the Universe” in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been …
CSL Daily 03/25/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 25, 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a collection of eighteen essays, became available. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ready for.” Letter to Sister Penelope CSMV on 3/25/1943 (Published in The Collected Letters …
THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS is Available NOW!
Last Update: 5/8/18 My book was released by the publisher in March, 2018. Other places are now carrying it. Below you will find links to where you can purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis and it will be updated as other places make it available. Additionally, below the list of places to purchase the book you will …
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(CCSLQ-50) – Love Deeply
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. My book (THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, just released from the publisher and Google Books has a preview of it) collects material presented so far and will contain expressions not yet posted here (plus existing online material …
CSL Daily 03/24/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Must Our Image of God Go?” is an essay published by Lewis in The Observer on March 24, 1963 and is available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Any entity describable without gross abuse of language as God must be ultimate reality, and if ultimate reality is personal, then God …