FACT OF THE DAY: “What Christmas Means to Me” was published in the December, 1957 issue of Twentieth Century magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The idea that not only all friends but even all acquaintances should give one another presents, or at least send one another cards, is quite modern and has …
CSL Daily 12/16
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis mentioned “Tolkien’s unfinished sequel to the Hobbit” in the preface of Essays Presented to Charles Williams (a book Lewis edited and published in 1947). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all passions the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not …
CSL Daily 12/15
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VI” was published today (Dec. 15) in 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 …
CSL Daily 12/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College today (Dec. 14) in 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
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (Dec. 13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or …
CSL Daily 12/12
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
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 …
CSL Daily 12/10
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, …
CSL Daily 12/09
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 …
CSL Daily 12/08
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published today (Dec. 8) in 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 …