FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Malcolm came out in the US today (2/12) in 1964 It was released in the UK at the end of the previous month. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 30th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 18th Screwtape letter first came out on August 29, 1941 in The Guardian before being published in The Screwtape Letters.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The whole philosophy of Hell rests on recognition of the axiom that one thing is not another thing, and, specially, that one self is not another self. My good is my good and your good is yours. What one gains another loses.”
The Screwtape Letters XVIII
(Published in The Guardian on 8/29/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Prior to Letters to Malcolm being published three of the chapters were published under what title and why?
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C.S. Lewis Institute YouTube Channel
There are nearly an endless variety of free videos on just about any subject online. It’s just a matter of knowing where to look for them. One of the reasons I enjoy sharing about other places online to find material on C.S. Lewis is that you might not know where they are. Which is why I’m highlighting these videos from the C.S. Lewis Institute.
The C.S. Lewis Institute has more than the four video series I’m spotlighting, so be sure to check their other offerings. The ones I’m focusing on are about three that deal with Lewis’s books and one on a book about Lewis.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 12th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Letters to Malcolm came out in the US today (2/12) in 1964 It was released in the UK at the end of the previous month.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday world were, at some one point, invaded by the marvellous. Let us, in fact, suppose a violation of frontier.'”
The Novels of Charles Williams
(Talk recorded and aired on 2/11/1949; now found in On Stories)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Unless the ____ ____ is independent of the things measured, we can do no measuring.”
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RETROSPECT: February 10th – 18th
Highlights for the second third of February (10th – 18th) include: The concluding talk from the “What Christians Believe” BBC series, an explanation of the word “membership” in a talk to a group and the publication of a selection of Christian-themed essays.
In 1945 on the 10th Lewis gave a talk, simply called “Membership,” to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius in Oxford. It was also published later in the year and is now best found in The Weight of Glory. Lewis explained in his presentation that the word “membership” in the New Testament differs from the way it is used today. Instead of speaking of it in the sense of a group containing like items, the Christian meaning is close to “what we should call organs, things essentially different from, and complementary to, one another.” He also pointed out that believers are
No Expert on Prayer (CSLM-39)
What do you do when you strongly believe in prayer but you are all too aware that it’s still somewhat of a mystery to you? Write about it to a friend that doesn’t exist, of course!
Less than a year before he died, C.S. Lewis wrote Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer. It was published just a few months after he died. While Lewis had written many letters to others during his life that touched on the subject of prayer, he never really felt he understood it enough to claim to be an authority.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 26th
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.
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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 End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The Silver Chair was the fourth published Narnia story, but in order of the chronologies of the plots it falls where?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (12/25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking ‘But I never knew before, I never dreamed . . .'”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 15 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (five words):
“There are a dozen views about everything ______ ______ _____ _______ _______ . Then there’s never more than one.”
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RETROSPECTIVE: December 21st – 31st
Highlights for the final third of December (21st – 31st) include: An essay about happiness, a special preview of a forthcoming book and two more installments of the eventual The Great Divorce.
Lewis had articles published in a large variety of places during his life. The final shorter work he wrote came out in The Saturday Evening Post less than a month after his death. “We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” first appeared in their combined December 21-28, 1963 edition. The only other essay he wrote for them was the encore Screwtape piece mentioned last time. This article specifically attacks sexual happiness and was written at the invitation of the editor, Thomas Congdon. It begins with Lewis describing a comment by someone he calls “Clare” that defended the actions of others by stating “they have a right to happiness.”
QUIZ: August 31, 2013
Prior to Letters to Malcolm being published three of the chapters were published under what title and why?