QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe he is going to live forever.” The Screwtape Letters V (Published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fifth Screwtape letter was …
CSL Daily 05/24/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.” The Screwtape Letters IV (Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine on May 24, 1945). – …
CSL Daily 05/23/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.” The Screwtape Letters IV (Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth Screwtape letter was published May 23, 1941 in The …
CSL Daily 05/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters III (Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On May 16, 1941 the third letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 05/10/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure water from beyond the world. Those who mistake Nature for the All are just those who can never realise her as a particular creature with …
CSL Daily 05/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.” The Screwtape Letters II (Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published May 9, 1960 containing a revised third chapter. – – – …
CSL Daily 05/01/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” Letter to Father Peter Bide on 4/29/1959 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first of The Screwtape …
[PODCAST] FPA / Max McLean (Screwtape) 2019 Interview
Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA) is a not-for-profit production company founded by Max McLean. It is known for adapting The Screwtape Letters for the stage, but there are many other excellent plays they have done. In this podcast interview (recorded March 2019), William O’Flaherty spoke with Max about the Screwtape production, the other Lewis-related plays, …
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CSL Daily 02/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.” The Screwtape Letters (Released in the U.S. on 2/16/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters was published in the U.S. on February 16, 1943, but was …
CSL Daily 02/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon. What we want is to live our marriage well and faithfully through that phase too. If it hurts (and it certainly will) we accept the pains as a necessary part of this phase.” A Grief …