FACT OF THE DAY: This month in 1984 (actually on the 15th) The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis (edited by Hooper) was released. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of …
CSL Daily 3/12
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/12) in 1919 Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) …
CSL Daily 3/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
CSL Daily 3/5
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/5) in 1908, when Lewis was just 9, he recorded in his diary that he had read Paradise Lost. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.” Christianity and Culture (Published in March 1940 in Theology) – – – …
CSL Daily 3/2
FACT OF THE DAY: “Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on this date (3/2) in 1956. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955 (Published in The …
CSL Daily 2/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of …
CSL Daily 2/26
FACT OF THE DAY: The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given today (2/26) in 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as …
CSL Daily 2/25
FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given today (2/25) in 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.” The Way (First …
CSL Daily 2/24
FACT OF THE DAY: This evening (2/24/1943) Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of the Riddell Memorial Lectures that became The Abolition of Man. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.” Men Without Chests (First a lecture …
CSL Daily 2/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US today (2/23) in 1972. It had been released in the UK in 1969. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s only the little germ of a desire for God that we need to start the process.” Who Goes Home? …