FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published today (Sept. 29) in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to …
CSL Daily 9/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Out of the Silent Planet was first published on this day (9/23) in 1938. It was his second fictional story for Lewis as a Christian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.” Out of the Silent Planet (Published …
CSL Daily 2/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/10
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. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Out of the Silent Planet was first published on this day (9/23) in 1938. It was his second fictional story for Lewis as a Christian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.” Out of the Silent Planet (Published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
A Grief Observed was published today in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”
A Grief Observed
(Published 9/29/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What language is the word “Aslan?”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
Out of the Silent Planet was first published on this day (9/23) in 1938. It was his second fictional story for Lewis as a Christian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.”
Out of the Silent Planet
(Published 9/23/1938)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book dealing with events from Lewis’s own life came out this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 11th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with one’s convictions is simply the facts of being a fallen, and still imperfectly redeemed, man.”
Letter to Michael Edwardson 2/11/1960
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote a letter in 1933 to what friend about what soon to be written famous book by what other friend?
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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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