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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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: “Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY: “March for Drum, Trumpet, and Twenty-one Giants” is a Lewis poem first published in Punch in their Nov. 4, 1953 issue. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Whatever men expect they soon come to think they have a right to: the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on …
Read the full post →“Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 23rd”
RETROSPECT: August 22nd – 31st
Highlights for August 22nd – 31st include: An unfortunate childhood loss, letters from Screwtape on gluttony and love, and the radio broadcast of the last chapter of what’s now book one of Mere Christianity.
As mentioned during a previous column last month, Lewis lost his wife to cancer. The second most significant loss for him was during his childhood, when his mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis, died on the 23rd in 1908. This was also due to cancer. Although Lewis had prayed for his mother to live, he reports not actually being a Christian at the time
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 19th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis began recording today (19th) in 1958 the first half of a 10-part radio series about four types of love.
– – –
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To nearly all ancient men, and to many medieval men, friendship seemed the most valuable and the most completely human of all natural loves. It was for them the crown of life and the school of virtues.”
The Four Loves
(First Recorded for Radio on 8/19 & 8/20/1958)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who wrote the first book about Lewis’ writings after his death and what is the title?
– – – – –
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 18th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 issue of Punch.
– – –
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“No more Aslan, no more Kings, no more silly stories about other worlds. The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs.”
– – – – –
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 30th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Epitaph” is a poem published today (7/30) in 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and retitled 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)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“So often, whether for good or ill, one’s inner state seems to have so little connection _____ _____ _____ .”
– – – – –
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism was published 81 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 to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“On a great day the thing that makes it great may fill the_____ _____ _____ _____ .”
– – – – –
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)
Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 15th
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)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What two types (or natures) of love does Lewis describe in The Four Loves?
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)
Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 12th
FACT OF THE DAY:
3/12/1919 Lewis gave his first paper on textile designer, artist, writer and utopian socialist, William Morris, to the Martlets
– – –
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)
– – –
QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ when infinite joy is offered us…”
(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)