FACT OF THE DAY: Pictures of Lewis was taken on this day (11/25) in 1950 by John Chillingsworth for Radio Times. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To convert one’s adult neighbour and one’s adolescent neighbour (just free from school) is the practical thing. . . . If you make the adults of today …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/9
FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (11/9) in 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the proper …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/28
FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was published in the October, 1946 issue of Resistance. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 issue of Punch. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/28
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of St. Andrews on this day (6/28) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of yourself just as a seed patiently wintering in the earth; waiting to come up a flower in the Gardener’s good time, up into …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on “Religion without Dogma?” today (5/20) in 1946 before the Oxford Socratic Club. An updated version is in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[The] scientific method merely shows…that if miracles did occur, science, as science, could not prove, or disprove, their occurrence.” Religion …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/31
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (3/18) in 1946 George MacDonald: An Anthology (edited by Lewis) was released. It was a collection of MacDonald quotes. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Bible itself gives us one short prayer which is suitable for all who are struggling with the beliefs and doctrines. It …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 25th
FACT OF THE DAY: Pictures of Lewis was taken on this day (11/25) in 1950 by John Chillingsworth for Radio Times. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To convert one’s adult neighbour and one’s adolescent neighbour (just free from school) is the practical thing. . . . If you make the adults of today …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 9th
FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (Nov. 9) in 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the …
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