FACT OF THE DAY: On January 5, 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.” Letter to Mary Van …
CSL Daily 1/4/17
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 …
CSL Daily 1/3/17
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.” …
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CSL Daily 1/2/17
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 1/1/17
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
FACT OF THE DAY: Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (Dec. 31) in 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 …
CSL Daily 12/30
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 …
CSL Daily 12/29
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VIII” was published today (Dec. 29) in 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 …
CSL Daily 12/28
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Atomic Bomb (Metrical Experiment)” by Lewis was a poem printed today (Dec. 28) in 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 …