Which of Lewis’s books mentions the place “House of Corrections for Incompetent Tempters?”
Quote: August 1, 2013
“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.”
The Screwtape Letters – XIV
(first published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)
Quiz: August 1, 2013
Who came up with the name “The Chronicles of Narnia” for the entire series of books?
Fact: August 1, 2013
Today in 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being in the book The Screwtape Letters.
Quote: July 31, 2013
“Avoid introspection in prayer—I mean not to watch one’s own mind to see if it is in the right frame, but always to turn the attention outwards to God.”
Letter to Dr. F. Morgan Roberts
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 7/31/1954)
Quiz: July 31, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“So often, whether for good or ill, one’s inner state seems to have so little connection _____ _____ _____ .”
Fact: July 31, 2013
Before Lewis’s death the book A Grief Observed was not credited to him, but N.W. Clerk. It first came out in 1961.
Quote: July 30, 2013
“We really don’t know much about loving until we’re in touch with love Himself.”
The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)
Quiz: July 30, 2013
The U.S. edition of what book was published this month in 1960?
Fact: July 30, 2013
“Epitaph” is a poem published today (7/30) in 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and retitled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems.