Master List of Essay Chat Podcasts

Here’s a master list of all my “essay chat” podcasts. Below is a list of the essay title on the left and then the guest on the right. Notice that below the list is an embedded link that should display the most recent podcasts overall. “Sometimes Fairy Stories…” Holly Ordway “The Necessity of Chivalry” Bruce Johnson …

CSL Daily 01/10/20

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The January 10, 1941 issue of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. Hear a podcast “essay chat” on …

CSL Daily 01/10/19

Learn more about the 1st Annual C.S. Lewis Quotathon. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The January 10, 1941 issue of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” …

CSL Daily 01/10/18

FACT OF THE DAY: The January 10, 1941 issue  of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. Hear a podcast “essay chat” on this shorter work over at All About Jack via this direct link. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for …

CSL Daily 1/13

FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Recently (although the outward condition of my life has not changed for the better) it has pleased God to pour into my soul great tranquillity.” …

CSL Daily 1/10

FACT OF THE DAY: Back in 1941, today’s (1/10) issue  of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on …

06r Essay Chat – Meditation on the Third Commandment

“Meditation on the Third Commandment” was the sixth essay chat produced when I started them in 2012. I’m repeating it now because many of you weren’t aware of my shows back then. My special guest for this chat was Allyson Wieland. Allyson is the creator of behind CSL Book Club, an online resource for discussion questions for a number of books by C.S. Lewis. This essay is found in God in the Dock.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 13th

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“He who converts his neighbour has performed the most practical Christian political act of all.”

Meditation on the Third Commandment
(Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In what Narnia book was this said and who said it? “In our world too, a Stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 10th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Back in 1941 today’s issue (1/10) of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.”

Meditation on the Third Commandment
(Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What fictional title by Lewis was published on what date this month in what year?
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