6/4-10 Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes

Welcome to Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes! Below you’ll see seven quotes selected from a variety of Lewis’s works over the years that are related to this week (or month). There is also a special video version of this for my YouTube channel, Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis, and an audio-only version via my podcast, All …

CSL Daily 06/09/20

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal Man; the parable about the Good Shepherd looking for and finding the lost sheep sums it up.” Edmund Spenser, 1552–99 (Republished in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance …

CSL Daily 06/09/19

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal Man; the parable about the Good Shepherd looking for and finding the lost sheep sums it up.” Edmund Spenser, 1552–99 (Republished in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance …

CSL Daily 06/09/18

FACT OF THE DAY: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature was released June 9, 1966. It collects various essays by Lewis on the specialized topic. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal …

CSL Daily 6/9/17

FACT OF THE DAY: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature was released June 9, 1966. It collects various essays by Lewis on the specialized topic. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find …

Introducing Why Read Lewis

Welcome to a new occasional podcast series designed to encourage you to read books that C.S. Lewis wrote (or edited). Even those who have read a variety of works by him are surprised to learn he wrote more than forty during his lifetime. Additionally,  there are numerous books (mostly essay collections) created after his death. …

CSL Daily 6/9

FACT OF THE DAY: Released today (6/9) in 1966 – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. It collects various essays by Lewis on the  specialized topic. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/9

FACT OF THE DAY: Released today (6/9) in 1966 – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. It collects various essays by Lewis on the  specialized topic. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to …

RETROSPECT: July 11th – 21st

Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book resulting from speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the death of Joy.

When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled to start in late September, the book Broadcast Talks was released on the 13th in 1942. Unlike the later books released after each of his last two series, this book contained no additional material. They were merely five chapters each to match what was on the air. The only difference had to do with the order of the chapters from the first series.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 9th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Released today (6/9) in 1966 – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. It collects various essays by Lewis on the specialized topic.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal Man; the parable about the Good Shepherd looking for and finding the lost sheep sums it up.”

Edmund Spenser, 1552–99
(Republished in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature on 6/9/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who were the crew of the Dawn Treader searching for?
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