FACT OF THE DAY: “Epitaph” is a poem published today (7/30) in 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and re-titled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We really don’t know much about loving until we’re in touch with love Himself.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)
CSL Daily 5/25
FACT OF THE DAY: The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism was published 83 years ago today (5/25/33). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How God loves us: not because we are lovable but because He is love, not because He needs to receive but He delights to give.” Letter …
CSL Daily 3/15
FACT OF THE DAY: “Dangers of National Repentance” is an essay by Lewis published today (3/15) in 1940 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.” Dangers of National Repentance (Published in The Guardian on 3/15/40) – – …
CSL Daily 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) …
CSL Daily 3/8
FACT OF THE DAY: During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) – …
CSL Daily 3/3
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis read his paper “The Personal Heresy in Poetics” to a group known as the Martlets on this day (3/3) in 1930. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.” …
CSL Daily 2/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Cosmic Trilogy (a collection of all three Sci-Fi books) was released in February, 1990. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” The Practical Conclusion (BBC talk given …
CSL Daily 2/14
FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US today (14th) in 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity (both 1955) in the UK. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of …
CSL Daily 2/6
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” …
CSL Daily 1/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter …