FACT OF THE DAY: The U.S. Paperback editions of Surprised By Joy and Till We Have Faces came out on July 9th ten years apart (1970, 1980). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually …
CSL Daily 7/25
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (7/25) in 1941 the 13th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. Wormwood has failed again…second conversion. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Admits:] “I know that the Enemy [God] also wants to detach men from themselves, but in a different way. Remember always, …
CSL Daily 7/24
FACT OF THE DAY: All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 came out in the US today (7/24) in 1991 (three months after its release in the UK). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences …
CSL Daily 7/23
FACT OF THE DAY: While two dozen poems by Lewis were published in Punch, “Revival or Decay?” is the only non-fiction work published there. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All sorts of things will make a man brave for the time being. Alcohol, ignorance of the danger, anger, self-respect, human loyalty, and love …
CSL Daily 7/22
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired today (7/22) in 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th. His comments were printed in 1981 special edition of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you will go to God just as you are, …
CSL Daily 7/21
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is …
CSL Daily 7/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was published today (7/20) in 1958 in The Observer. It was part of series on Is Progress Possible? – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere …
CSL Daily 7/19
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date in 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” The Screwtape Letters …
CSL Daily 7/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/18) in The Guardian in 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy [God]. It does not matter how small the sins are provided …
CSL Daily 7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today (7/17) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry …