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IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 23

Posted on March 23, 2020 by glsociety-admin

The Influence of Godly Parents Deuteronomy 6:5-9 In preparing the Israelites for the promised land, God didn’t command priests, teachers, or national leaders to train the next generation. Instead, He assigned this to parents. This remains true today. First, we’re … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 30

Posted on November 30, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that will read the story or re-read it, at an age. I never met The Wind … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 16

Posted on November 16, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it. Nowadays most people hardly think of Prudence as one of the ‘virtues’. In fact, because Christ said … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 3

Posted on November 3, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Have we any reason to suppose that total self-knowledge, if it were given to us, would be for our good? Children and fools, we are told, should never look at half-done work; and we are not yet, I trust, even … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 19

Posted on October 19, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Good stories often introduce the marvelous or supernatural, and nothing about Story has been so often misunderstood as this. Thus, for example, Dr Johnson, if I remember rightly, thought that children liked stories of the marvelous because they were too … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 10

Posted on August 10, 2019 by glsociety-admin

I read in a religious paper, ‘Nothing is more important than to teach children to use the sign of the cross.’ Nothing? Not compassion, nor veracity, nor justice? From Letters to Malcolm

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 9

Posted on August 9, 2019 by glsociety-admin

TO EDWARD LOFSTROM: On what Lewis attempted in The Chronicles of Narnia; on the character of the man Jesus—his tenderness, ferocity, and even humor; and on the need to do one’s duty while having patience with God. 16 January 1959 … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 2

Posted on August 2, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument; then collected information about child-psychology and decided what age-group I’d write … Continue reading →

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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 12

Posted on May 12, 2019 by glsociety-admin

Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already. That is why children’s games are so important. They are always pretending to be grown-ups—playing soldiers, playing shop. But … Continue reading →

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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 28

Posted on December 28, 2017 by glsociety-admin

Continuous Conversion …unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 18:3 These words of our Lord refer to our initial conversion, but we should continue to turn to … Continue reading →

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IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 23

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 30

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 16

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 3

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 19

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 10

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 9

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 2

C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 12

MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 28

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