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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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 …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 19th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955.
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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 Joy
(Published 9/19/1955)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the creatures that are like angels in Lewis’ science fiction trilogy?
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RETROSPECT: April 20th – 30th
Highlights for the final third of April (20th – 30th) include: Publication of Perelandra, a talk “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” and Lewis’s first marriage to Joy Davidman.
Before Lewis gain fame from a series of books about a place called Narnia, he had written a trilogy that had a science fiction theme. The second of those books, Perelandra, came out on the 20th in 1943. In it we take a trip to Venus with the main character, Ransom and follow his quest to save that world from impending corruption. In the U.S. it wasn’t released until a year later on the 11th. In 1953 a paperback version came out under the title Voyage to Venus. On some occasions in his life Lewis considered this novel to be his best (this was also said of Till We Have Faces). Perelandra was dedicated “To Some Ladies at Wantage,” as in Wantage,
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 3rd
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.
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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, 1955 in Twentieth Century)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“And this is the marvel of marvels, that [Aslan] called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 8th
FACT OF THE DAY:
During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book by Lewis that had been a series of broadcasts was published sometime this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 2nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on this date (3/2) in 1956.
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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 Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Until you conquer the fear of being ___ ___, ___ ____ you will remain.” (submitted by Winifred Sherman)
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 14th
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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon. What we want is to live our marriage well and faithfully through that phase too. If it hurts (and it certainly will) we accept the pains as a necessary part of this phase.”
A Grief Observed
(Published in the US on 2/14/1963)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famous fictional book was published twice this month a year apart?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 22nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
The poem “On Another Theme from Nicolas of Cusa” was published on 1/21/1955 in The Times Literary Supplement.
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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 us all through.”
On Obstinacy In Belief
(Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (five words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.”
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