FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer was published today (1/27) in 1964; one of the last books Lewis prepared before his death. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (Published on 1/27/1964) – – – QUIZ OF THE …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/31
FACT OF THE DAY: Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (12/31) in 1958 in The Christian Century. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/26
FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.” Surprised By …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages is a talk Lewis gave on two nights in July, 1956 (on the 17th and 18th). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/6
FACT OF THE DAY: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis was published on July 5th in 1984 and was edited by Walter Hooper. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/4
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published today (5/4) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes— it is sometimes hard to obey St. Paul’s “Rejoice.” We must try to take life moment by moment. The actual present is usually pretty tolerable, I …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (4/20) in 1942 is when Perelandra was published. It tells of adventures on Venus. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.” Perelandra (Published 4/20/1943) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Complete the quote and …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/6
FACT OF THE DAY: 22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/12
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/12) in 1919 Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) …