FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis about Charles Williams came out in 1947 (2 years after his death) – Essays Presented to Charles Williams. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/13
FACT OF THE DAY: This month in 1984 (actually on the 15th) The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis (edited by Hooper) was released. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/13
FACT OF THE DAY: This month in 1963 “Onward Christian Spacemen” was published in Show. Lewis disliked the title and it is now known as “The Seeing Eye.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God…is related to the universe more as an author is related to a play than as one object in the …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 21st
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (10/21) in 1948 Arthurian Torso was published. It contains commentary by Lewis on Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (10/20) in 1949 the last reported Thursday Inklings meeting occurred according to Lewis’s brother’s diary.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most, or else just silly.”
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Published 10/16/1950)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the order the Narnia books were first published?
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ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:”…not being correctly seen…” (from A Preface to Paradise Lost)
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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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 21st
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue of Punch.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.”
That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it: “No more Aslan, no more Kings, no more silly stories about other worlds. The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 4th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility. ”
The Screwtape Letters XIV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
During Jill’s first meeting with Aslan she wanted to do something, but was afraid to…what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 12th
FACT OF THE DAY:
An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What animals helped to freed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 5th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first known letter that Lewis wrote to Arthur Greeves was on this date (6/5) in 1914. He wrote so many they filled a book!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I do not feel that one must never say one believes or understands anything: any morning a doctrine I thought I already possessed may blossom into this new reality…”
Letter to Sister Penelope 6/5/1951
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What was Lewis’s response when a girl asked her about “Aslan’s other name?”
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