FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (12/24) in 1918 Lewis was demobilized from the army after being discharged from the hospital. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The degraded commercialism of our minds is quite as much its result as its cause.” Good Work and Good Works (Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Pictures of Lewis was taken on this day (11/25) in 1950 by John Chillingsworth for Radio Times. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To convert one’s adult neighbour and one’s adolescent neighbour (just free from school) is the practical thing. . . . If you make the adults of today …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/15
FACT OF THE DAY: While serving in WWI Lewis was wounded by a British shell on this day (4/15) in 1918 during the Battle of Arras. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 25th
FACT OF THE DAY: Pictures of Lewis was taken on this day (11/25) in 1950 by John Chillingsworth for Radio Times. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To convert one’s adult neighbour and one’s adolescent neighbour (just free from school) is the practical thing. . . . If you make the adults of today …
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 15th
FACT OF THE DAY:
While serving in WWI Lewis was wounded by a British shell on this day (4/15) in 1918 during the Battle of Arras.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and time, what is uncreated, eternal, came into nature, into human nature, descended into His own universe, and rose again, bringing nature up with Him.”
The Grand Miracle
(Sermon Preached on 4/15/1945 at St. Jude on the Hill Church)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two individuals close to Lewis died this month (one after his own death on this day); who are they?”
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RETROSPECT: January 11th – 21st
Highlights for the second third of January (11th – 21st) include: The start of his second series of BBC broadcasts, the publication of a fictional serial as a book and the death of a person Lewis lived with for the longest period of his life.
Lewis began the second series of talks on the BBC at the start of this period. “What Christians Believes” was the overall theme of the messages. The initial broadcast was on the 11th in 1942 and before it became better known as content from Mere Christianity it was included in the first published collection of talks, Broadcast Talks (AKA The Case for Christianity in the US). While not originally having a title, this chapter was later called “The Rival Conceptions of God”
Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 27th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (12/27) in 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the AM after being demobilized on the 24th.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII
(Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When this month (in what year) did Lewis write what essay that was related to one of his fictional works?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 24th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (12/24) in 1918 Lewis was demobilized from the army after being discharged from the hospital.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The degraded commercialism of our minds is quite as much its result as its cause.”
Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
On Christmas Eve in 1956 readers of The Times learn what surprising thing about Lewis?
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RETROSPECTIVE: December 21st – 31st
Highlights for the final third of December (21st – 31st) include: An essay about happiness, a special preview of a forthcoming book and two more installments of the eventual The Great Divorce.
Lewis had articles published in a large variety of places during his life. The final shorter work he wrote came out in The Saturday Evening Post less than a month after his death. “We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” first appeared in their combined December 21-28, 1963 edition. The only other essay he wrote for them was the encore Screwtape piece mentioned last time. This article specifically attacks sexual happiness and was written at the invitation of the editor, Thomas Congdon. It begins with Lewis describing a comment by someone he calls “Clare” that defended the actions of others by stating “they have a right to happiness.”
Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s funeral was held on this day (11/26) in 1963 at Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry. Father Ronald Head lead the service.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When I began, Christianity came before the great mass of my unbelieving fellow-countrymen either in the highly emotional form offered by revivalists or in the unintelligible language of highly cultured clergymen. Most men were reached by neither.”
Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger (Published 11/26/58 in The Christian Century)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis was deployed to France in 1917 (WWI) with what regiment?
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