FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/29
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached his final sermon, “A Slip of the Tongue” on this day (1/29) in 1956. It was preached at Evernsong at Magdalene College. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 8th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published on 9/8/58)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Besides reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
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RETROSPECT: September 1st – 11th
Highlights for September 1-11 include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.
Time CoverThe number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life. An additional title, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis, is a lesser known collection of quotes first available in March, 1968, but was published as a paperback on the 9th in 1980.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 8th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (8/8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present.”
The Screwtape Letters XV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What animal was Screwtape turn into when he became so angry with Wormwood?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis preached his final sermon, “A Slip of the Tongue” on this day (1/29) in 1956. It was preached at Evernsong at Magdalene College.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”
A Slip of the Tongue
(Sermon preached on 1/29/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is ____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 19th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The eleventh installment of The Great Divorce was published today (1/19) in 1945; it covered the first quarter of chapter nine.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till you are beyond both.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XI
(Published in The Guardian on 1/19/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“Far better things lie ahead than _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Quote: August 11, 2013
“The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.”
The Screwtape Letters – XV
(first published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941)
Quote: August 8, 2013
“The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present.”
The Screwtape Letters – XV
(first published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941)