FACT OF THE DAY: The Great Divorce (complete book) was published on January 14, 1946. The installments were called “Who Goes Home? Or The Grand Divorce.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to …
CSL Daily 1/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 13, 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Recently (although the outward condition of my life has not changed for the better) it has pleased God to pour into my soul great tranquillity.” Letter to Don …
CSL Daily 1/12/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Great Divorce was published on January 12, 1945; it covered all of chapter eight. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Could you, only for a moment, fix your mind on something not yourself?” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce X (Published in The Guardian on 1/12/1945)
CSL Daily 1/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 11, 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world …
CSL Daily 1/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The January 10, 1941 issue of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)
CSL Daily 1/9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published January 9, 1946 in Punch (it uses planetary imagery). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne …
CSL Daily 1/8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 8, 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter to Sheldon Vanauken …
CSL Daily 1/7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on January 7, 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944)
CSL Daily 1/6/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 6, 1944 The Abolition of Man was first published. It came from a series of lectures from Feb. 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944)
CSL Daily 1/5/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 5, 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.” Letter to Mary Van …