FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US today (14th) in 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity (both 1955) in the UK. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of …
CSL Daily 1/22
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “On Another Theme from Nicolas of Cusa” was published on 1/21/1955 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who trusted …
CSL Daily 1/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s “Prudery and Philology” was published today (1/21) in 1955 in The Spectator. It is available in the Present Concerns book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The …
CSL Daily 1/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter …
CSL Daily 1/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on this day (1/7) in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944) – – – QUIZ OF …
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UPDATED (8/18/18) – The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is my book that examines 75 quotations attributed to Lewis that I caution you not to share. Some are falsely attributed to him, others are paraphrases of his words, and a few have context issues. Don’t share a quote attributed to Lewis unless you can confirm he wrote it and the meaning …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.” Surprised By …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/3
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Apologetics was a talk Lewis gave sometime around Easter 1945 to an Anglican church group; now found in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who read poetry to improve their minds will never improve their minds by reading poetry.” Lilies That Fester (Published April, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/2
FACT OF THE DAY: “Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on this date (3/2) in 1956. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955 (Published in The …