Welcome to all the NEW visitors to my website! I thought with the recent increase in visitors that a BRIEF overview of what my site has would be useful. I began this site about ten years ago and focused on providing quotes and facts about C.S. Lewis, my favorite author. Currently, I have “CSL Daily” …
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Most of you are aware that this website and my social media places are all paid for by a single person, myself (William O’Flaherty) because of my love of the writings of C.S. Lewis. You can play a part in supporting these works by clicking on the links I have and buy ANYTHING after following …
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updated 3/24/18 The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is now available to buy – Learn where to get it The following is the easiest way to locate the six part podcast series Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions. This series is a companion to my Confirming Quotations and Correcting Misconceptions blog posts. Just click on the picture of …
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The purpose of Essential C.S. Lewis is to provide useful information to all types of C.S. Lewis fans. So, whether you are new to the works and writings of C.S. Lewis, or have been reading him for years, you should be able to find something new and/or interesting. Something just begun in 2013 are two …
The above recording (audio only) is from 2013 and was made when everyone hoped a new Narnia movie was not far off. As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first published story, it seemed fitting to revisit this podcast mini-series. This was the second of seven shows, with a different special guest in each …
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The above recording (audio only) is from 2013 and was made when everyone hoped a new Narnia movie was not far off. As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first published story, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, it seemed fitting to revisit this podcast. This was the first of seven shows where …
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Back in 2023, I interviewed Diana Glyer about a book she edited called The Major and the Missionary, and she is back to tell about the PLAY version that was recently performed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. As you might recall from that interview, this is about a series of letters …
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My new book, The Screwtape Letters Handbook is now available! While THE SCREWTAPE LETI’ERS may be enjoyed simply as a creative work of fiction, Lewis weaves many profound truths into the correspondence between a senior devil and his protégé. This handbook helps mine those insights by providing detailed letter outlines and an easy-to-use topical glossary. …
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If Screwtape wrote a “devotion,” what would it be like? Here’s my attempt to answer that question based on part of an original prayer I say each morning. I wrote this “Screwtape Devotion” as the result of being asked to do the morning devotion at the 2025 Inklings Fellowship retreat, an annual event in Montreat, …
Another “quiz” to help you discover how well you know if a quotation attributed to C.S. Lewis is by him or not. Here are 15 quotes I shared with some of the participants at the Inklings Fellowship retreat at Montreat College that was held April 4-6, 2025. This video is meant to be a FUN …
Can you tell the difference between a genuine quotation by C.S. Lewis and one falsely attributed to him? Recently on social media there was a video having you guess if a quote was by Taylor Swift or C.S. Lewis. I’m sure it was all meant in fun. Sadly, they got some Lewis quotes wrong (he …
William O’Flaherty was recently interviewed by the Screwtape Letters Podcast: Confronting Evil in Our Time. Permission was given to share this excerpt from the beginning of their show. So, the following is part of a longer conversation. Follow the link below to listen to the entire interview (and also see links to other useful material …
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SCREWTAPE SATURDAYS is something I’ve been doing over at my YouTube channel (Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis) since the first of 2024. They are a series of shorts (60-second videos) that typically elaborate on a single topic Screwtape mentions across several letters. This is the first special edition that combines FIVE previously shared shows. At …
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IMAGE The SECOND of a two-part show exploring what we can learn about disability from C.S. Lewis’s doctor. Dr. Robert Havard wrote the appendix in The Problem of Pain. Joining William O’Flaherty to co-host this interview is Connor Salter. Our guests are Dr. Zachary Schmoll and Levi Anderson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to Disability: What Does Lewis’s …
