FACT OF THE DAY: Today (9/25) in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s last published fictional work was released today (9/10) in 1956. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Die before you die, there is no chance after.” Till We Have Faces (Published 9/10/1956 – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Complete the quote and name the source …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/7
FACT OF THE DAY: The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature was first published today (5/7) in 1964. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No doubt all history in the last resort must be held by Christians to be a story with a divine plot.” The Discarded Image (Published in 5/7/1964) …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/15
FACT OF THE DAY: While serving in WWI Lewis was wounded by a British shell on this day (4/15) in 1918 during the Battle of Arras. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/10
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 7th
FACT OF THE DAY: The last month of weekly letters from Screwtape began today (11/7) in 1941 when the 28th letter was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have …
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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: September 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXI
(First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 10th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s last published fictional work was released today (9/10) in 1956.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Die before you die, there is no chance after.”
Till We Have Faces
(Published 9/10/1956
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Progress means not just changing, but _____ ______ _____ _____.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature was first published today (5/7) in 1964.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No doubt all history in the last resort must be held by Christians to be a story with a divine plot.”
The Discarded Image
(Published in 5/7/1964)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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