FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Flora had a short story called “The Princess Rosetta” published in the The Household Journal in 1889. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 8/11
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sailing of the Ark” was published on this day (Aug. 11) in 1948 in Punch. Revised and re-titled “The Late Passenger” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for …
CSL Daily 7/30
FACT OF THE DAY: “Epitaph” is a poem published today (7/30) in 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and re-titled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 6/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s poem “Vitrea Circe” was published in Punch, today (6/23) in 1948) and was revised and reprinted in Poems. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 6/22
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis showed the galley proofs for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the Inklings on this day (6/22) in 1950. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 4/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (4/8) in 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 3/8
FACT OF THE DAY: During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955. – – – 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) – …
CSL Daily 2/2
FACT OF THE DAY: The (often misunderstood) debate between #CSLewis and Anscombe happen on February 2, 1948. – – – 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 …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #18
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. In a letter Lewis wrote to Roy W. Harrington (on January 19, 1948), he stated that The Screwtape Letters was the book he “enjoyed writing …
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CSL Daily 1/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course). – – – 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.” …