FACT OF THE DAY: The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was first published on Jan. 4, 1965 (it’s now out of print). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see …
CSL Daily 01/03/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The essay “Religion and Science” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on Jan. 3, 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If there were anything outside Nature, and if it interfered – then the events which the scientist expected wouldn’t follow. That would be what we call a miracle.” Religion and …
CSL Daily 01/02/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The paperback edition of Reflections of the Psalms was published on Jan. 2, 1961. It was first released in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)
CSL Daily 01/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Jan. 1, 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother Warnie. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.” Reflections on the Psalms …
CSL Daily 12/31/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published on Dec. 31, 1958 in The Christian Century. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I was a youngster, all the progressive people were saying, ‘Why all this prudery? Let us treat sex just as we treat all our other impulses.’ I was simple-minded …
CSL Daily 12/30/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On December 29, 1944 the essay “Private Bates” was published in The Spectator. Now available in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must get rid of our arrogant assumption that it is the masses who can be led by the nose. As far as I can make out, the …
CSL Daily 12/29/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VIII” was published on Dec. 29, 1944 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “‘Great works’ (of art) and ‘good works’ (of charity) had better also be Good Work. Let choirs sing well or not at all.” Good Work and Good Works …
CSL Daily 12/28/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Atomic Bomb (Metrical Experiment)” by Lewis was a poem printed on Dec. 28, 1945 in The Spectator. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In a rational world, things would be made because they were wanted; in the actual world, wants have to be created in order that people may …
CSL Daily 12/27/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 27, 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the morning after being demobilized on the 24th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII (Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)
CSL Daily 12/26/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on Dec. 3, 1947; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is …