FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/19
FACT OF THE DAY: What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published today (5/19) in 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/13
FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Horrid Red Things” was published today in Church of England Newspaper in 1944. It was adapted in the book Miracles.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker (falsely) believes to be true.”
Horrid Red Things
(Published in Church of England Newspaper on 10/6/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two Narnia books were published later this month for the first time ever. When was this, what are their titles?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 28th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one has a free hand.”
Letter to Rhona Bodle 5/28/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscious, but shouts in our pains: it is His ______ to ______ a _____ _______ .”
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09r Essay – Fern-seed and Elephants, pt. 2 (with Reggie Gates)
The following is the ninth essay chat produced by William O’Flaherty. It is the second of a two-part discussion of “Fern-seed and Elephants,” a shorter work by Lewis that is best found in Christian Reflections. My guest is Lewis enthusiast Reggie Gates. Reggie runs another podcast website called “All About C.S. Lewis.” In this program the final point is explored along with favorite quotes and related works.
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 19th
FACT OF THE DAY:
What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published today (5/19) in 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all the anomalies, inconveniences, hopes, and excitements of a house that is being rebuilt.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who does Lucy first meet when she visits Narnia?
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C.S. Lewis Said What? YES, He Really Did!
I’ve been working on a short talk for the 2014 Taylor Colloquium (9th Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends) about quotes falsely attributed to Lewis. Along the way I’ve come across some lesser known quotations that some might have a difficult time believing he DID say. While a collection of quotes of this nature could contain a variety of categories, I’ve chosen to share sayings that are generally humorous (however, some may be more ironic, than funny).
“A good toe-nail is not an unsuccessful attempt at a brain: and if it were conscious it wd. delight in being simply a good toe-nail.”
(Letter to Hugh Kilmer from April 5, 1961 in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)
“If you think you are a poached egg, when you are looking for a piece of toast to suit you, you may be sane, but if you think you are God, there is no chance for you.”
(Essay – What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? in God in the Dock)
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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