FACT OF THE DAY: Science-Fiction Cradlesong is a revised poem by Lewis published on June 11, 1954 under a different title in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to …
(CCSLQ-36) – Our Heart Yearns
This is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. Presently a new article is posted the first Saturday of each month (or sometimes the second if there are five Saturdays). There is an “at a glance” page (CLICK HERE) to quickly see what has been posted …
CSL Daily 3/26/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Dogma and Science” was published March 26, 1943 in The Guardian; it’s now part of “Dogma and the Universe” in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have …
CSL Daily 3/19/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Last Battle was first published on March 19, 1956. This final Narnia story won the Carnegie Medal in Literature. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “‘Beloved,’ said the Glorious One, ‘unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what …
CSL Daily 2/23/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US on February 23, 1972. It had been released in the UK in 1969. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s only the little germ of a desire for God that we need to start the process.” Who Goes Home? …
CSL Daily 12/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College today (Dec. 14) in 1944. His topic was “The Inner Ring.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.” The Inner Ring (Talk given on 12/14/1944)
CSL Daily 10/12
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in October, 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The first publisher was J.M. Dent in 1933. The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition officially came out today (Oct. 12) in 2014). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What does not satisfy when we find …
CSL Daily 6/21
FACT OF THE DAY: An Expostulation (against too many writers of science fiction) – a poem from Lewis was published in the June, 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Glory, as Christianity teaches me to hope for it, turns out to satisfy my original …
CSL Daily 6/12
FACT OF THE DAY: An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 6/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Science-Fiction Cradlesong is a revised poem by Lewis published today (6/11) in 1954 under a different title in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to …