Editor’s note: The following Statement from Dale Ahlquist, President, Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, originally appeared at Chesterton.org. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (August 5, 2019 – Feast of Our Lady of the Snows) On August 1, 2019, […]
We used to keep death close, even stare it in the face: the skull on the desk beside the book, the graveyard right next to the church, crypts under the floors where we knelt. We […]
A righteous man is not naive. He knows how evil works, and so he is on guard against it. He knows all the strategies of hell. In fact, he knows the enemy so well, he […]
We don’t often associate Christmas with resurrection. But we should. So let’s start by talking about Santa Claus. Christmas is openly under attack in contemporary society where the word has essentially been banned in favor […]
“There is the prevalence of a sort of casual and even conversational skepticism, making even the idle thoughts of an idle fellow busy in the interests of doubt and despair. I mean that a man, […]
Myths about the pilgrims and religious freedom have obscured some surprising truths about this great American holiday. […]
In every Catholic Church, there is a gruesome sight. It is the image of a man being tortured to death. We should turn away from it in horror, but instead we don’t even notice it, […]
We are happy only when we worship the Maker of heaven and earth. […]
Though holiness is rare thing, it is not a narrow thing. But people have a narrow idea of sainthood, and Chesterton generally doesn’t fit. […]
My late brother-in-law was largely responsible for creating “Contemporary Christian Music”. He loved Jesus and he introduced me to Chesterton, but the thing he didn’t understand […]
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