QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis …
CSL Daily 03/16/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Fame in [Heaven] and fame on Earth are two quite different things.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XIX (Published in The Guardian on 3/16/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 19th installment of what eventually became The Great Divorce was published March 16, 1945, in The Guardian. – – – …
CSL Daily 03/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.” Dangers of National Repentance (Published in The Guardian on 3/15/40) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Dangers of National Repentance” is an essay by Lewis published March 15, 1940, in The Guardian. – – – Have you seen my …
CSL Daily 03/14/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth of the final series of BBC talks, The Obstinate Toy Soldiers, was given by Lewis on March 14, 1944. – …
CSL Daily 03/13/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it.” The ‘Cardinal Virtues’ (Reading for March 13th in The Business of Heaven) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 15, 1984, The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings …
CSL Daily 03/12/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 12, 1919, Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on the textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. …
CSL Daily 03/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII (Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936, Lewis wrote to Charles …
CSL Daily 03/10/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVIII (Published in The Guardian on 3/9/1945) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 03/09/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr C. S. Lewis on Christianity (published in The Listener 3/9/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian on March 9, 1945. It was the first …
CSL Daily 03/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: In March 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955. – – – …