“You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.”
First and Second Things
(Published 6/27/42 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide.)
Quiz: June 27, 2013
Which book from The Chronicles of Narnia did Lewis share the galley proofs of to his friends, the Inklings?
Quiz: June 26, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“We…shall not be _____ _____ _____ _____ on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest.”
Fact: June 26, 2013
The Titanic was being built in Belfast when Lewis was growing up there. #CSLewis
C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists (Peter S. Williams)
Peter S. Williams has been called “a bright, young British philosopher and skilful debater” by William Lane Craig. While an author of several books, C.S. Lewis vs. the New Atheists is his first devoted just to Lewis. This book was just released in February 2013 and the interview was recorded via Skype just a few …
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Quote: June 26, 2013
“I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people’s religions, he is in a bad condition”
Letter to Mary Van Deusen
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 6/26/1952)
Puddleglum (CSLM-14)
There are so many memorable characters in The Chronicles of Narnia it seems unfair to pick just one, even when you exclude most of the main characters.
Quiz: June 25, 2013
What honor did Lewis receive this month in 1946?
Quote: June 25, 2013
“We act from duty in the hope that someday we shall do the same acts freely and delightfully.”
The Novels of Charles Williams
(Published in On Stories on 6/24/1982)
Fact: June 25, 2013
Lewis wrote nine different “Notes on the Way” columns in Time and Tide between 1940 and 1946. All are in print in various essay collections.