FACT OF THE DAY:
During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book by Lewis that had been a series of broadcasts was published sometime this month?
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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.
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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.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who did Lewis read two chapters of what Narnia book before it was published this month in what year?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Cosmic Trilogy (a collection of all three Sci-Fi books) was released in February, 1990.
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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 on 2/15/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who was the most famous king of Archenland?
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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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon. What we want is to live our marriage well and faithfully through that phase too. If it hurts (and it certainly will) we accept the pains as a necessary part of this phase.”
A Grief Observed
(Published in the US on 2/14/1963)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famous fictional book was published twice this month a year apart?
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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).
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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 having.”
The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is the only daughter of Kidrash Tarkaan and where is her story told?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide.
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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 to Sheldon Vanauken
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/8/1951)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good ____ _____ _____ _______ .”
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“The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say (and almost with pride) that they live only for love come, at last, to live in incessant resentment.”
The Sermon and the Lunch
(Published 9/21/1945 in Church of England Newspaper)
Highlights for August 22nd – September 1st 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 (Flora) Lewis died
“I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 8/18/1956)
“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)
