QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in a certain way.” 3rd BBC Broadcast (Given on 8/20/1941; Then known as Materialism or Religion) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with …
CSL Daily 08/24/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God has made it a rule for Himself that He won’t alter people’s character by force. He can and will alter them – but only if the people will let Him.” The Trouble with ‘X’ (Published in August 1948 of Bristol Diocesan Gazette) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, …
CSL Daily 08/11/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Admits:] “The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.” The Screwtape Letters XV (Published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941) – – – …
CSL Daily 07/30/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Epitaph” is a poem published on July 30, 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and re-titled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems. – – – …
CSL Daily 06/23/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “Prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him (God) best.” The Screwtape Letters VIII (Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s poem “Vitrea Circe” was published in Punch on June 23, 1948 and was revised and reprinted in Poems. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 06/22/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is not really you who are holding fast to Him but He to you: and He will bring you to wherever He wants.” Letter to Rhona Bodle 6/22/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis showed the galley proofs for The Lion, …
CSL Daily 04/08/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.” Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 8, 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – …
CSL Daily 03/08/19
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. – – – PURCHASE The …
CSL Daily 02/02/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XIII (Published in The Guardian on 2/2/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The (often misunderstood) debate between C.S. Lewis and Anscombe …
CSL Daily 01/13/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Recently (although the outward condition of my life has not changed for the better) it has pleased God to pour into my soul great tranquillity – I may even say gaiety.” Letter to Don Giovanni Calabria (from Collected Letters, Volume 2 on 1/13/1948) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On January …