FACT OF THE DAY:
During this month in 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.”
Good Infection
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book by Lewis that had been a series of broadcasts was published sometime this month?
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Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.
“Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.”
Surprised By Joy
(Published 9/19/1955)
Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955.
Highlights for September 12th -21st include: Another Narnia book published, a landmark professional title, a final poetry book and the start of his third broadcast series.
If you thought the previous ten day span over the years was a productive period for Lewis, then you will be no less amazed at what occurred during this time. In the above highlights I didn’t even mentioned the autobiography that
LISTEN TO AUDIO/PODCAST VERSION Many people take their time making important decisions, but you may not believe how long it took C.S. Lewis to go from believing in God to becoming a Christian. It was in the spring or summer of 1929 when Lewis, at the age of 30, to quote his autobiography, “admitted that …
