FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published today (Sept. 29) in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to …
CSL Daily 4/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Nearly ten years after Lewis’s death, his older brother, Warnie, died this month (yesterday the 9th) in 1973 (at the age of 77). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] can’t be used as a road. If you’re approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as …
CSL Daily 4/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks …
CSL Daily 2/14
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: 4/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Nearly ten years after Lewis’s death, his older brother, Warnie, died this month (yesterday the 9th) in 1973 (at the age of 77). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] can’t be used as a road. If you’re approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/14
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 …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
A Grief Observed was published today in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”
A Grief Observed
(Published 9/29/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What language is the word “Aslan?”
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RETROSPECT: September 22nd – 30th
Highlights for September 22nd – 30th include: Debut story of a Sci-Fi trilogy, a landmark book published anonymously and the death of Lewis’s father to cancer.
It’s no secret that Lewis is known for being a versatile writer. One of his earliest efforts that spotlighted this fact is what happened on the 23rd in 1938. This is when Lewis released the first of what is referred to many fans as the Ransom trilogy. That’s because Dr. Elwin Ransom is a central character introduced in Out of the Silent Planet. Released a dozen years before the Narnia stories, some call this his first imaginative apologetic work. Apparently Lewis himself wasn’t aware of how useful of a tool fiction could be to present Christian ideas in a latent way. It was
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 10th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Nearly ten years after Lewis’s death, his older brother, Warnie, died this month (yesterday the 9th) in 1973 (at the age of 77).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[God] can’t be used as a road. If you’re approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you’re not really approaching Him at all.”
A Grief Observed
(Paperback edition published 4/7/1966)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who are the first two children to see Narnia?
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