FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VI” was published on Dec. 15, 1944 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A jealous man, drifting and unresisting, reaches a point at which he believes lies about his best friend…But errors which are sincere in that sense are not innocent.” …
CSL Daily 12/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College on Dec. 14, 1944. His topic was “The Inner Ring.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.” The Inner Ring (Talk given on 12/14/1944)
CSL Daily 12/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published on Dec. 13, 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. Hear and “essay chat” podcast on it via my All About Jack podcast. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing …
CSL Daily 12/12/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Peace Proposals for Brother Every and Mr Bethell” is an article in the December, 1940 issue of Theology. Reprinted in Christian Reflections. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must be taught that this tent is not home.” Letter to Warfield M. Firor (from Collected Letters, Volume 2 on 12/5/1949)
CSL Daily 12/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Scraps” is a group of brief thoughts by Lewis that was published in the December, 1945 issue of St James’ Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.” Foreword to Joy Davidman’s Smoke on the Mountain (Quoted in A Mind Awake, published …
CSL Daily 12/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On December 1, 1956 Lewis had “Behind the Scenes” published in Time and Tide. It is reprinted in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If it is true that all our enjoyment of the images, without remainder, can be explained in terms of infantile sexuality, then, I confess, …
CSL Daily 12/09/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “After Priggery – What?” is an essay by Lewis first published on December 7, 1945 in The Spectator. Available now in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because he is …
CSL Daily 12/08/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published on Dec. 8, 1944 in The Guardian. This eventual became part of The Great Divorce. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I do not look at myself. I have given up myself.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V (Published in The …
CSL Daily 12/07/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Delinquents in the Snow” is an article Lewis wrote that was published on Dec. 7, 1957 in Time and Tide. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Not all kinds of peace are compatible with all kinds of goodwill, nor do all those who say “Peace, …
CSL Daily 12/06/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 4, 1962 an informal conversation between Lewis, Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss was recorded and later published as “Unreal Estates.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A book’s no good to me until I’ve read it two or three times.” Unreal Estates (First recorded on 12/4/62 and later …