QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is wrong from the beginning and the other right to the end.” Two Ways with the Self (Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s article “Two …
CSL Daily 05/02/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” The Magician’s Nephew (Published on 5/2/1955) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On May 2, 1955 we found out how Narnia began because The Magician’s Nephew was …
CSL Daily 05/01/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” Letter to Father Peter Bide on 4/29/1959 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of The Screwtape …
CSL Daily 04/30/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, of human emotions. The noble source is the desire for fair play. But the other source is the hatred of superiority.” Democratic Education (First published in the Notes on the Way …
CSL Daily 04/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” On Three Ways of Writing for Children (Talk given on 4/29/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Found in On Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for …
CSL Daily 04/28/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The more a man was in the Devil’s power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he’s drunk.” Answers to Questions on Christianity (Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and …
CSL Daily 04/27/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some reason that leaves no room for vanity.” Perelandra (Published 4/20/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Personal Heresy, published April 27, 1939, is …
CSL Daily 04/26/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for.” Perelandra (Published 4/20/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting in April 1922. It was released after his death as All My …
CSL Daily 04/25/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If I remember rightly, St. Augustine raised a question about the theological position of satyrs, monopods, and other semi-human creatures. He decided it could wait till we knew there were any.” Religion and Rocketry (Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 issue of Christian Herald) – …
[PODCAST] C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication (Steven Beebe)
Communicating is something everyone does every day, but do you do it effectively? C.S. Lewis knew it was important to convey his ideas in a way for others to understand and many consider him a master at communications. In this podcast interview Dr. Steven Beebe, author of several textbooks related to that topic, explores why …
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