FACT OF THE DAY: 22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/3
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis read his paper “The Personal Heresy in Poetics” to a group known as the Martlets on this day (3/3) in 1930. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.” …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/2
FACT OF THE DAY: The (often misunderstood) debate between Lewis and Anscombe happen on this date (2/2) in 1948. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/26
FACT OF THE DAY: The first meeting of the Oxford Socratic Club was today (1/26) in 1942. Lewis was the 1st president. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself…as if …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 24th
FACT OF THE DAY: Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce III was published today (11/24) in 1944 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “‘You mean the evening is really going to turn into a night in the end?’ ‘He nodded.’” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce III (First published in The …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 17th
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce II” was published today (11/17) in 1944 in The Guardian. It later became part of chapter two of The Great Divorce. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [About the grey town:] “That’s one of the disappointments. I thought you’d meet interesting historical characters. …
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 13th
FACT OF THE DAY:
23rd & final installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/13) in The Guardian in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Only the Greatest of all can make Himself small enough to enter Hell. For the higher a thing is, the lower it can descend.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXIII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We must attack the enemy’s line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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RETROSPECT: April 11th – 19th
The following is part of a series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the noted period and may include significant events related to him after his death.
Highlights for the second third of April (11th – 19th) include: Publication of third BBC series; Publication of second book from BBC Talks; four posthumous books and the final installment about a bus ride to heaven.
Christian Behaviour: A Further series of Broadcast Talks tops the list of happenings over the years in the life of Lewis. It was first published on the 19th in 1943 in the U.K. (and nine months later in the U.S.). As you may be aware, it was just the second book printed of three that eventually became part of Mere Christianity. What gets confusing to some is that when you examine the book from 1952 Christian Behavior is stated as being “Book III.”
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“For change is not progress unless ______ _____ _____ _____ …wherever there is real progress in knowledge, there is some knowledge that is not superseded.”
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