FACT OF THE DAY: “Membership” was published in the June 1945 issue of Sobornost. Previously it was a talk given in February to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius in Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how …
CSL Daily 06/14/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford near the end of June, 1923, beginning his exams on the 14th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached …
CSL Daily 06/12/18
FACT OF THE DAY: An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a …
CSL Daily 06/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Science-Fiction Cradlesong is a revised poem by Lewis published on June 11, 1954 under a different title in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to the …
CSL Daily 06/08/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on June 8, 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford. Hear a podcast with a variety of guests that celebrates it. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an …
CSL Daily 05/29/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Transposition is a sermon Lewis preached on May, 28, 1944 at the chapel of Mansfield College. The text is in The Weight of Glory. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] made His own plan or plot of history such that it admits a certain amount of free play and can …
CSL Daily 02/10/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The World’s Last Night collection of essays book was first published on February 10, 1960. Lewis also gave a talk now known as “Membership” today in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ourselves together.” Membership (Talk given on 2/10/1945; now found in The …
CSL Daily 11/04/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Weight of Glory” was published in the November, 1941 issue of Theology. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the …
(CCSLQ-40) – Next Moment
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. As I near the publication of an untitled book on the subject, it is difficult to say how often I will post additional material (even though over 30 more quotes have been identified). That …
CSL Daily 9/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: In the U.S. The Weight of Glory was published on September 13, 1949. It was called Transposition in the U.K. and later updated in 1980. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable.” …