FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (Dec. 25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/31
FACT OF THE DAY: Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (12/31) in 1958 in The Christian Century. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/26
FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (12/25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed result …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 31st
FACT OF THE DAY:
Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (12/31) in 1958 in The Christian Century.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven. ”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When Lewis was 20 something special happen to him this month. What was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The Silver Chair was the fourth published Narnia story, but in order of the chronologies of the plots it falls where?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (12/25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking ‘But I never knew before, I never dreamed . . .'”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 15 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (five words):
“There are a dozen views about everything ______ ______ _____ _______ _______ . Then there’s never more than one.”
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RETROSPECTIVE: December 21st – 31st
Highlights for the final third of December (21st – 31st) include: An essay about happiness, a special preview of a forthcoming book and two more installments of the eventual The Great Divorce.
Lewis had articles published in a large variety of places during his life. The final shorter work he wrote came out in The Saturday Evening Post less than a month after his death. “We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” first appeared in their combined December 21-28, 1963 edition. The only other essay he wrote for them was the encore Screwtape piece mentioned last time. This article specifically attacks sexual happiness and was written at the invitation of the editor, Thomas Congdon. It begins with Lewis describing a comment by someone he calls “Clare” that defended the actions of others by stating “they have a right to happiness.”