CSL Daily 2/5/17

FACT OF THE DAY: “The Man Born Blind” was published on February 4, 1977 in Church Times. But a different version was later discovered called “Light.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I fancy we are all too ready, once we are converted ourselves, to assume that God will deal with everyone exactly as …

Light: C.S. Lewis’s First and Final Short Story (Dr. Charlie Starr)

This book interview is from 2012, but it had not yet been featured here since changing the podcast audio hosting. It is a conversation with Dr. Charlie W. Starr and his book Light: C.S. Lewis’s First and Final Short Story. It tells the story of how a manuscript surfaced that appeared to be a different version of …

CSL Daily 2/5

FACT OF THE DAY: “The Man Born Blind” was published on 2/4/1977 in Church Times. But a different version was later discovered called “Light.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I fancy we are all too ready, once we are converted ourselves, to assume that God will deal with everyone exactly as He does …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/29

FACT OF THE DAY: 21st installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (3/29) in The Guardian in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[In Heaven there] is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light can swallow up your darkness: but your darkness cannot now infect our light.” …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/5

FACT OF THE DAY: “The Man Born Blind” was published on 2/4/1977 in Church Times. But a different version was later discovered called “Light.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I fancy we are all too ready, once we are converted ourselves, to assume that God will deal with everyone exactly as He does …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 29th

FACT OF THE DAY:

21st installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (3/29) in The Guardian in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[In Heaven there] is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light can swallow up your darkness: but your darkness cannot now infect our light.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXI
(Published in The Guardian on 3/29/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book of essays that was Lewis’s first was released in what year this month?

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Charlie Starr’s Lewis Pages

Dr. Charlie W. Starr has published several scholarly and popular articles on C. S. Lewis, especially on Lewis and film. His personal website has a section devoted to Lewis that you will want to check out. A large variety of articles he has written over the years are available in his “Charlie’s Lewis Essays” subsection. Among the articles is a very insightful piece called “C.S. Lewis’s Vision of Heaven” that was first published in CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society. His “Chronicles of Narnia” area includes all the maps on Narnia in one place for easy reference. There are several other subsections in Charlie’s site to explore as well.