Author: William OFlaherty

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 14th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis accepted what temporary position this month that wasn’t in a subject he is most known for?
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The C.S. Lewis Phenomenon (Dr. Samuel Joeckel)

William OFlaherty All About Jack

This interview from William O’Flaherty is about The C.S. Lewis Phenomenon with the author of the book, Dr. Samuel Joeckel. He is associate professor of English and professor in the Supper Honors Program at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida. This book is subtitled “Christianity and the Public Sphere” and explores Lewis’s fiction and non-fiction where he presents the Christian faith and explores three facets of that phenomenon.

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 12th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the full name of Bree, the horse, from The Horse and His Boy?
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RETROSPECT: May 11th – 21st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the second of May (11th – 21st) include: Initial publication of Miracles, the landmark first meeting with a famous friend and securing his longest employment.

“Miracles” is among the many misused words in our vocabulary today. This was true even back in 1947 when Miracles: A Preliminary Study was released on the 12th by C.S. Lewis. Of course, Lewis was addressing more of an unbelief in the miraculous. In fact, as the inside dusk jacket of the first edition notes, the subtitle isn’t about Lewis giving his tentative thoughts on the subject, but rather the book is designed to be “a study preliminary to any historical inquiry into the actual occurrence of miracles.” That is, before any examination of specific miracles one has to believe that the miraculous can genuinely occur. Nearly thirteen years later (as mentioned in the previous column) a new edition was released containing a revised third chapter.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The talk “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism” was given today (5/11) in 1959 to students at Wescott House, Cambridge. (Also known as Fern-Seed and Elephants”)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You cannot know that everything in the representation of a thing is symbolical unless you have independent access to the thing and can compare it with the representation.”

Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism
(Talk given on 5/11/1959)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are _____ ______ _____ .”

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Yesterday (5/9) in 1941 the second Screwtape Letter premiered in The Guardian before being available in the famous book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure water from beyond the world. Those who mistake Nature for the All are just those who can never realise her as a particular creature with her own flamed, terrible, beautiful individuality.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/10/1945
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What article by Lewis that had “self” in the title was published some year this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.”

The Screwtape Letters II
(Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What series of letters began to be published this month?
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Inklings Forever (C.S. Lewis & Friends)

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

Since 1997 Taylor University has held The Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends nearly every two years (they skipped 2003). In addition to having great guest speakers over the years, this meeting also provides the opportunity for individuals to present a twenty minute address. Then, not long after the event, the corresponding papers based on those shorter talks are printed in a volume called INKLINGS FOREVER. Plus, nearly all of those essays are available online for free!

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was interviewed in May 1963 by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Published later that year and it is in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The process of living seems to consist in coming to realise truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/8/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What Narnia book was published this month in what year?
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