FACT OF THE DAY:
This month in 1984 (actually on the 15th) The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis (edited by Hooper) was released.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it.
The ‘Cardinal Virtues’
(Reading for March 13th in The Business of Heaven)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which character is the first to say Aslan’s name in LWW?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
3/12/1919 Lewis gave his first paper on textile designer, artist, writer and utopian socialist, William Morris, to the Martlets
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.”
Good Infection
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ when infinite joy is offered us…”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Of Lewis’s two books of poetry released before his conversion, which one was re-released during his life?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVIII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/9/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the north star in Narnia?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.”
Mr C. S. Lewis on Christianity
(published in The Listener 3/9/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ will turn out to be.”
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“Meditation on the Third Commandment” was the sixth essay chat produced when I started them in 2012. I’m repeating it now because many of you weren’t aware of my shows back then. My special guest for this chat was Allyson Wieland. Allyson is the creator of behind CSL Book Club, an online resource for discussion questions for a number of books by C.S. Lewis. This essay is found in God in the Dock.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.”
Good Infection
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book by Lewis that had been a series of broadcasts was published sometime this month?
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There’s no denying that Walter Hooper has made the greatest contribution to the study of C.S. Lewis, but do you know how he got started?
If you had to name only one person closely associated with C.S. Lewis’ work it has to be Walter Hooper. Just about every book published after Lewis’ death that is a collection of his writings has been edited by Hooper. Interestingly, Hooper, who was born in the U.S., only began corresponding with Lewis less than ten years before he died and met him only during the summer of 1963 before his death.
FACT OF THE DAY:
Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (3/7) in 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is quite right to go away from (the words of the Bible) for a moment in order to make some special point clear. But you must always go back.”
Good Infection
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Where is John, the main character in The Pilgrim’s Regress born?
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Several fans sites for The Chronicles of Narnia started showing up prior to the released of the movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe back in 2005. One that has remained active over the years is NarniaFans.com. While still its own site, it is also one of the featured partner sites of the Middle Earth Network (disclaimer: EssentialCSLewis.com is also a featured partner and I have written articles on NarniaFans). As you might guess, NarniaFans does focus a great deal on the movies that have been released of the Chronicles so far. However, there is also a variety of general Lewis information along with some related fantasy news from time to time.
