FACT OF THE DAY: “Unreal Estates,” a transcript of an interview with Lewis and others was published in the March, 1965 edition of Encounter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.” The Last Battle (Published on 3/19/1956) – – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/4
FACT OF THE DAY: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis became available for the first time today (3/4) in 1968. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe no angel ever appears in Scripture without exciting terror: they always have to begin by saying “Fear not.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 3/4/1953 (Published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/2
FACT OF THE DAY: “Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on this date (3/2) in 1956. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955 (Published in The …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Found in On Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” was first a talk given on this day (4/29) in 1952.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
On Three Ways of Writing for Children
(Talk given on 4/29/1952)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Something occurred this month that also happen less than a year later for the second time in Lewis’s life: what was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 27th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Unreal Estates,” a transcript of an interview with Lewis and others was published in the March, 1965 edition of Encounter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”
The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In “The Last Battle” what is the result of the Dwarfs being so afraid of getting taken in again?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 4th
FACT OF THE DAY:
A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis became available for the first time today (3/4) in 1968.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I believe no angel ever appears in Scripture without exciting terror: they always have to begin by saying “Fear not.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 3/4/1953
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the author who Lewis claims baptized his imagination in his teens.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 2nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on this date (3/2) in 1956.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.”
Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Until you conquer the fear of being ___ ___, ___ ____ you will remain.” (submitted by Winifred Sherman)
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Quiz: August 12, 2013
During Jill’s first meeting with Aslan she wanted to do something, but was afraid to…what was it?
Quote: June 17, 2013
“Remember, though we struggle against things because we are afraid of them, it is often the other way round— we get afraid because we struggle.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Volume 3 on 6/17/1963)