Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 5th

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (1/5) in 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.”

Letter to Mary Van Deusen
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/5/1951)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man ____ ____ ____ _____ .”
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Retro: May 29th – June 4th

Highlights in Lewis’s life for the week are: Advice from Screwtape on the danger war is to contented worldliness, a letter about figuring out “Aslan’s other name” and the acceptance of a new position late in his professional career.

One major event stands above all else for this time period in the life of Lewis. Most who know his life fairly