January Favorites – Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes

Welcome to Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes! JANUARY FAVORITES EDITION Each week I’m sharing quotes that originally were selected for what was once a daily feature on this site. I had retired that feature after repeating it for several years but decided to update the graphic and make it a weekly feature. Speaking of …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 29th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis preached his final sermon, “A Slip of the Tongue” on this day (1/29) in 1956. It was preached at Evernsong at Magdalene College.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”

A Slip of the Tongue
(Sermon preached on 1/29/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is ____ _____ .”
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RETROSPECT: January 22nd – 31st

Highlights for the final third of January (22nd – 31st) include: The publication of one of the last books Lewis wrote, the first meeting of a special Oxford club and the last sermon Lewis ever preached.

Lewis was working on several books before he died in 1963. The first one published posthumously was Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer. It came out on the 27th in 1964. While Lewis is known for writing in a variety of styles, this book is somewhat unique in that though they are present as letters to someone, they were really letters to an imaginary person. Today we have a large collection of actual letters Lewis wrote, so those new to his writings should be careful to note this fact. This leads to the obvious question as to why he would deal with such a serious subject to a fictional person.