FACT OF THE DAY: Today (9/25) in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date (9/18) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/15
FACT OF THE DAY: The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today (9/15) in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/8
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/4
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (9/4) in 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/1
FACT OF THE DAY: “God in the Dock” was published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September ’48 in Lumen Vitae. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/28
FACT OF THE DAY: “Equality” is a shorter work by Lewis published August 27, 1943 in The Spectator. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/25
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with ‘X’” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/21
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue of Punch. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.” That Hideous Strength (Published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/18
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. …