The C.S. Lewis Foundation has hosted a retreat at Camp Allen in Texas nearly every year for the last dozen years. For 2015 they will have it October 30th – November 1st. William O’Flaherty caught up with Steven Elmore from the organization to learn more about it. The theme for the retreat is “Of This & …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/21
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sermon and the Lunch” was first published on this date (9/21) in 1945 in Church of England Newspaper. It’s now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say (and almost with pride) that they …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for Lewis began on this day (9/20) in 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things . Each …
(CCSLQ-4) I Pray Because
UPDATED (6/20/18) – The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is my book that examines 75 quotations attributed to Lewis that I caution you not to share. Some are falsely attributed to him, others are paraphrases of his words, and a few have context issues. Don’t share a quote attributed to Lewis unless you can confirm he wrote it and the meaning …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.” Surprised By …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date (9/18) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.” English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Published 9/16/1954) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/16
FACT OF THE DAY: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published today (9/16) in 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/15
FACT OF THE DAY: The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today (9/15) in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not …
CSL Book Club (Allyson Wieland) – 2015r
Back in 2012 I spoke with Allyson Wieland about a free online resource to help you reflect on the works of C.S. Lewis. Since I moved my podcast hosting in August, 2014 I haven’t shared it again, so I figured it was about time to. The website is called “CSL Book Club”and she started it originally …
Read the full post →“CSL Book Club (Allyson Wieland) – 2015r”