FACT OF THE DAY: First paperback edition of The Last Battle came out today (1/30) in 1964. It was published as ‘Puffin Books’ by Penguin Books Ltd. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One cannot be too careful: one must try to hold fast to one’s duties (I wish I did) which are the …
CSL Daily 1/27
FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer was published today (1/27) in 1964; one of the last books Lewis prepared before his death. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (Published on 1/27/1964) – – – QUIZ OF THE …
CSL Daily 1/24
FACT OF THE DAY: All the letters of the alphabet are used for names of the characters in Narnia except one, none of them start with the letter “x.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of planting a new sun in …
CSL Daily 1/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s “The Efficacy of Prayer” essay appeared in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of properly trained parrots would serve as well.” The Efficacy of Prayer (Published in the January, …
CSL Daily 1/9
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published today (1/9) in Punch in 1946 (it uses planetary imagery). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!” Letter to Mary …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #1
Today begins a “countdown” to the publication of my book C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell. I put that word in quotation marks because it’s unclear at this point when the book will begin shipping in March of this year. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share some facts I learned from my years of …
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The Narnia Code Series 03 (Shows 6-7)
This is the third episode in the re-packaged series on The Narnia Code. It combines what was previously the sixth and seventh episodes. Back in 2012 I had the privilege to interview Dr. Michael Ward for a series of thirteen episodes to discuss his book The Narnia Code. With me to help co-host the show was Dr. Holly Ordway. Due to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/5
FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the …
The Narnia Code Series 01 (Shows 1-3)
Back in 2012 I had the privilege to interview Dr. Michael Ward for a series of thirteen episodes to discuss his book The Narnia Code. With me to help co-host the show was Dr. Holly Ordway. Due to the length of the series I had hesitated to re-release it even though I change my podcast hosting …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Image and Imagination, the last book with previously unpublished material from Lewis was released in November, 2013. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we do when we imagine, then, is to suppose (with or without the support of explicit images) a reshuffling of universals taken from the actual world.” Image and …