FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired today (7/22) in 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th. His comments were printed in 1981 special edition of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you will go to God just as you are, …
CSL Daily 7/21
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is …
CSL Daily 7/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was published today (7/20) in 1958 in The Observer. It was part of series on Is Progress Possible? – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere …
CSL Daily 7/19
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date in 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” The Screwtape Letters …
32nd Screwtape Letter Fragment Discovered
I’m so excited to share a discovery I made that I’m not waiting to publish it later (like some more respected scholars would do). Although I’ll probably released a revised version soon in The Babylon Bee or The Onion. As the title suggests, I’ve come across a fragment of what appears to be a previously …
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Essay Chat 19r – Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Brenton Dickieson)
“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is an essay that is indirectly a follow-up to the successful book The Screwtape Letters. Brenton Dickieson joins William O’Flaherty for an essay chat on this insightful piece that Wormwood never got to hear. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959 (see below for a link to read it …
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CSL Daily 7/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/18) in The Guardian in 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy [God]. It does not matter how small the sins are provided …
CSL Daily 7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today (7/17) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry …
CSL Daily 7/16
FACT OF THE DAY: An collection of Lewis‘ essays called Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology was published today (7/16) in 1987. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We have seen that every moral judgement involves facts, intuition and reasoning, and, if we are wise enough to be humble, it will involve some regard …
CSL Daily 7/15
FACT OF THE DAY: “It All Began with a Picture” was an essay published in Radio Times today (7/15) in 1960 telling how Lewis got the idea for Narnia. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.” It All Began with …