QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking ‘But I never knew before, I never dreamed . . .’” Beyond the Bright Blur (Published 12/25/1963; chapter 15 of Letters to Malcolm) – – …
CSL Daily 12/24/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The degraded commercialism of our minds is quite as much its result as its cause.” Good Work and Good Works (Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 24, 1918 Lewis was demobilized from the army after being discharged from the hospital. – …
CSL Daily 12/23/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The apostle says every one must not only work but work to produce what is ‘good.’” Good Work and Good Works (Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Good Work and Good Works” by Lewis was published in the Christmas 1959 issue of Good Work (formerly Catholic …
CSL Daily 12/22/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I will bring you to the land not of questions but of answers, and you shall see the face of God.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII (Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII” was published Dec. …
CSL Daily 12/21/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. A right to happiness doesn’t, for me, make much more sense than a right to be six feet tall, or to have a millionaire for your father, or to get good weather whenever …
CSL Daily 12/20/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?” Letters to an American Lady – 8/1/1953 …
[PODCAST] Interview from Fulfill Your Ministry (William O’Flaherty)
Recently (Nov. 2018) I was a guest on a local radio show host by John Losh that is based near Kansas City. On his weekly show, called Fulfill Your Ministry, he interviewed me about C.S. Lewis in general, while also briefly talking about my books. As noted in the recorded introduction, I did not know what John’s …
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CSL Daily 12/19/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape Lectures: “Democracy is the word with which you must lead them by the nose. The good work which our philological experts have already done in the corruption of human language makes it unnecessary to warn you that they should never be allowed to give this word a clear and definable …
CSL Daily 12/18/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Can it really be my duty to buy and receive masses of junk every winter just to help the shopkeepers? If the worst comes to the worst I’d sooner give them money for nothing and write it off as a charity.” What Christmas Means to Me (Published in Twentieth Century; December, 1957) – …
CSL Daily 12/17/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The idea that not only all friends but even all acquaintances should give one another presents, or at least send one another cards, is quite modern and has been forced upon us by the shopkeepers.” What Christmas Means to Me (Published in Twentieth Century; December, 1957) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …