FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Happy anniversary to Lewis & Joy Davidman (1st time married on April 23, 1956). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All the beauty of nature withers when we try to make it absolute. Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 9th
FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (Nov. 9) in 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 5th
FACT OF THE DAY:
After being released in the UK earlier in 1958, Reflections of the Psalms came out in the US the same year on November 5th.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A little comic relief in a discussion does no harm, however serious the topic may be. (In my own experience the funniest things have occurred in the gravest and most sincere conversations.)”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in November 5, 1958 in the U.S.)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“Everybody says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until ____ _____ _____ _____ ______ .”
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems that was released on this date (10/26) in 1964.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”
Forgiveness
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to _____ _____ _____ .”
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: On October 22, 1939 Lewis preached “None Other Gods: Culture in War Time.” This first sermon was later published as “Learning in War-Time” and is found in The Weight of Glory.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
Happy anniversary to Lewis & Joy Davidman (1st time married on April 23, 1956).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All the beauty of nature withers when we try to make it absolute. Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.”
Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 4/23/1951
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man who _____ _____ _____ can accept no forgiveness.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 1st
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (1/1) in 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother, Warnie.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote (four words):
“Reality, in fact, is always something _____ _____ ______ ______ . That’s one of the reasons I believe Christianity.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 13th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Although previously released in 1991, All My Road Before Me came out in paperback in the US on this date (11/13) in 1992.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is “finding his place in it”, while really it is finding its place in him.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXVIII
(First published in The Guardian on 11/7/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be ______ _____ ______ ______ _______.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 10th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first weekly installment of The Great Divorce appears in The Guardian on this date (11/10) in 1944 under the title of Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.
Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“Everybody says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until ____ _____ _____ _____ ______ .”
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