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The Unbegun Life
A long time ago, even before the Dark Ages – we’re talking about the 1970’s, the Stoned Age – when I was in Junior High, I stood up in an English class and gave a […]
Articles by Dale Ahlquist
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Christmas and Resurrection
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 […]
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The New Attack on Christmas
One hundred years ago—on December 27, 1919—G.K. Chesterton wrote about “the new attack on Christmas.” We should probably discuss the old attack on Christmas before we talk about the new attack. The old attack on […]
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The Catholic Origins of Thanksgiving
Myths about the pilgrims and religious freedom have obscured some surprising truths about this great American holiday. […]
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G.K. Chesterton should be numbered among the Saints
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, […]
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The End of the World Again
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 […]
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It is time to repent; it is time for Lent
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 […]
Features
The Anatomy of Doubt
“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, […]
Essay
Chesterton and the current crisis: “If we boast of our best, we must repent of our worst”
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, […]
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God and Disney and G.K. Chesterton
We are happy only when we worship the Maker of heaven and earth. […]