FACT OF THE DAY: A previously unpublished essay by Lewis was the lead title piece in Christian Reunion published today (Aug. 15) in 1990. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood …
CSL Daily 8/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published today (Aug. 14) in 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, …
CSL Daily 8/13
FACT OF THE DAY: The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given today (Aug. 13) in 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law” but is “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones …
CSL Daily 8/12
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Abolition of Man was published by Geoffrey Bles on this day (Aug. 12) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is …
CSL Daily 8/11
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sailing of the Ark” was published on this day (Aug. 11) in 1948 in Punch. Revised and re-titled “The Late Passenger” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for …
CSL Daily 8/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s letter to the editor of Church Times on “The Holy Name” was published today (Aug. 10) in 1951. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think almost all the crimes which Christians have perpetrated against each other arise from this, that religion is confused with politics.” Letter to Don …
CSL Daily 8/09
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (Aug. 9) in 1939. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice …
CSL Daily 8/08
FACT OF THE DAY: The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (Aug. 8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, …
CSL Daily 8/07
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (Aug. 7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you …
CSL Daily 8/06
FACT OF THE DAY: “Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (Aug. 6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would …