“The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable.”
Learning in War-Time
(Published in The Weight of Glory on 9/13/1949)
RETRO: September 12th – 21st
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
C.S. Lewis As Preacher (CSLM-22)
As a lay person Lewis preached only a handful of sermons but they were so well liked that those published in his lifetime are still in print today!
Retro: July 11th – 21st
Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book as the result of speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the sad passing of Lewis’s wife.
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 in a couple of months
Quote: July 6, 2013
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
The Weight of Glory
(January 9th entry in The Business of Heaven. published 7/5/1984)
Quiz: June 29, 2013
What essay from The Weight of Glory was published this month that was a first a talk a few months earlier?
Quote: June 21, 2013
“Glory, as Christianity teaches me to hope for it, turns out to satisfy my original desire and indeed to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Retro: June 20th – 30th
Highlights in Lewis’s life for this time frame are: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and Screwtape talking about the “law of Undulation.”
As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at
Quote: June 19, 2013
“How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
EC04r – “Is Theology Poetry?” with Dr. Holly Ordway (Essay Chat)
The following is a repeat of the fourth “essay chat” program. For those not familiar with it, the purpose of this show is to focus on a single essay (or similar shorter work) by C.S. Lewis and discuss it with another Lewis expert or enthusiast. The essay discusses is “Is Theology Poetry?” and my guest …
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