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The Ordinary and Extraordinary GKC at 150
When G.K. Chesterton celebrated his 100th birthday in 1974, he had been in his grave for nearly forty years. I, too, missed the birthday party, but I was still alive. I was a sophomore in high sc...
Anarchy Inc.
“I tell you …” he repeated, with wild eyes, “… they were full of men in masks!” In G.K. Chesterton’s marvelous and mystical novel, The Man Who Was Thursday, there is one scene tha...
The Heavenly Chariot Rides On
Writing of what he called “the thrilling romance of orthodoxy,” Chesterton observes: “People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe....
Modern Notions That Are Not Normal
G.K.’s Weekly, Volume 15 March 12, 1932 – September 3, 1932 Normal people generally take normal things for granted; even when they are no longer there. (G.K.’s Weekly, Mar. 19, 1932) Th...
Trees
A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man— the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand fathoms, the fact remains that there is probably a beetle view of things o...
Unnatural Ignorance
Nobody realizes (or anyhow admits) that our mechanical civilization is on the verge of the abyss. (G.K.’s Weekly, Jan. 7, 1928) A friend of mine asked ChatGPT to write an essay listing the vi...
Nothing to Shout About
We are nearly a quarter of the way into the 21st century. It might be a little too early to sum it up. But G.K. Chesterton was already trying to sum the 20th century when he was only a third of t...
Soaring Higher
“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.” It is one of G.K. Chesterton’s best lines. A perfect quotation: humorous and serious, light and profound, commanding the language ...
Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant
Just as G.K. Chesterton says that every city is built over a volcano, it seems that every year is tumultuous. But 2022 somehow managed to end rather quietly, and it was fitting that it ended with...
https://www.chesterton.org/well-done-thou-good-and-faithful-servant/
January One
by G. K. Chesterton on 1904-01-01 for The Daily News The post January One appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Chesterton Gets a Standing Ovation
“Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves are green in summer.” These were the words with which Giorgia Meloni, the presumptive n...
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Not An Ordinary Journal. Not An Ordinary Society.
It’s a sad state of society that in the last 25 years our TVs have gotten thinner while most of us viewers have gotten fatter. Even worse, the empty calories dished up in the programming stream...
The Problems with Progress
We have already become dull and unresponsive even to the marvels made in our own life time. We are no more amazed at telephones than at trains; and no more amazed at trains than at tubs. If the p...
The Spirit of the Age
Why is G.K. Chesterton so prophetic? I would meekly suggest that it is because in his own age he never submitted to the Spirit of the Age. He is never swept away by fads and fashions. Rather, he ...
War and Rumor of War
It is a morbid and suicidal thing for two great nations to hate each other. But when they do hate each other it is not because their aims are different, but because their aims are alike. G.K. Che...
A Century of Other Evils
When you know the story behind the origin of legal contraception and abortion in the 20th century you should properly shudder, if not be repulsed. It was not about sexual liberation. It was not a...
Suffering Advent
At the risk of sounding like Scrooge, I fully intend to shoot Rudolph and mount his head, red nose and all, over my mantelpiece this holiday season. And I really don’t mind sounding like Scroog...
The Way to Heaven
Today – the day I am writing this – I received two letters. The first was from the White House. It was written on behalf of the President of the United States, who was requesting me to resign...
Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 5 (2021)
Volume 24, Number 5 | May/June 2021 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking Be Not Afraid By Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy and Letters Features 6 | Straws in the Wind The Peasant and the Pantomi...
Be Not Afraid
There are two ways of looking at the world. We can focus on the decline of our civilization, the collapse of our institutions that are supposed to represent us, the loss of truth in politics and ...
Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 4 (2021)
Volume 24, Number 4 | March/April 2021 2 | Tremendous Trifles The Rule for Rebuilding 3 | Generally Speaking The Virtues of Revolution By Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy and Letters Features 5 | Straws ...
Tolkien’s Reading of Chesterton
J.R.R. Tolkien and G.K. Chesterton, two giants of the 20th century literary scene, might even be considered as a pair of patron saints for Catholic writers. It is all the more fitting, then, to d...
Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 3 (2021)
Volume 24, Number 3 | January/February 2021 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking Whither Progress? By Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy and Letters Features 5 | Straws in the Wind Hints for the N...
Babylonian Chestertonian
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, paint...
Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 2 (2020)
A New Name for Distributism The post Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 2 (2020) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
A Radical Idea That Might Not Be So Radical
I should naturally be inspired to sympathy with the ideal of turning all the rising generation into good citizens, if I could believe that what we call education really was turning them into good...
Confronting Cancel Culture
Before I return to profiling some of Chesterton’s most famous debates with prominent figures, I believe that it is important to address a pressing issue that is a growing concern in today’s s...
Gilbert Vol. 24, No. 1 (2020)
Volume 24, Number 1 | September/October 2020 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking Not Enough Ghosts By Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy and Letters Features 5 | Straws in the Wind The Staleness ...
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 6 (2020)
Volume 23, Number 6 | July/August 2020 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking The Still, Small Voice By Dale Ahlquist 5 | Lunacy and Letters Features 6 | Straws in the Wind The Dragon At H...
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 5 (2020)
Volume 23, Number 5 | May/June 2020 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking Vexation By Dale Ahlquist 5 | Lunacy and Letters Features 6 | Straws in the Wind The Machine We Really Want By G....
Vexation
In his Illustrated London News column on September 18, 1909 (Oct. 2 American edition), G.K. Chesterton wrote the following: Suppose an Indian said: “I heartily wish India had always been free...
Book Review – The Awakening of Miss Prim
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922. The post Book Review – The Awakening of Miss Prim appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 4 (2020)
Volume 23, Number 4 | March/April 2020 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Lunacy and Letters Features 4 | Straws in the Wind The Plan For A New Universe By G.K. Chesterton 10 | Rolling Road Traveler’s ...
Chesterton Answers Mail
Dear Mr. Chesterton, What’s the difference between a farmer and a financier? Signed, Agros Dear Agros, The farmer does farm; whereas the financier does not finance. As a rule, he only induces f...
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 3 (2020)
Volume 23, Number 3 | January/February 2020 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking The Amazon Synod. No, Not That One. The Other One. By Dale Ahlquist 5 | Lunacy and Letters Features 6 | S...
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 1 (2019)
2019 Conference Issue The post Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 1 (2019) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 23, No. 2 (2019)
Volume 23, Number 2 | November/December 2019 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking The End of the World Again By Dale Ahlquist 5 | Lunacy and Letters Features 4 | Straws in the Wind Will ...
Venerable Fulton Sheen
If you have read the very brief epistle of St. Jude, as I’m sure you have, you will know that St. Michael had to fight the devil for the body of Moses. I don’t know why I brought this up. Tod...
St. John Henry Newman
I confess that I have had this plan all along and Dale fell for it! Even if my clerihew submissions for the Kansas City Conference did not impress themselves upon the judges as winners, how innoc...
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 6 (2019)
Volume 22, Number 6 | July/August 2019 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking The End of the World Again By Dale Ahlquist 5 | Lunacy and Letters Features 4 | Straws in the Wind Public Educ...
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 5 (2019)
Volume 22, Number 5 | May/June 2019 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Generally Speaking Pilgrimage and Progress By Dale Ahlquist Features 5 | Straws in the Wind The Worst Slang By G.K. Chesterton 7 | R...
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 4 (2019)
The Abandoned Class - Chesterton on the Inside The post Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 4 (2019) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 3 (2019)
Chesterton Around the World The post Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 3 (2019) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 2 (2018)
Volume 22, Number 2 | November/December 2018 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Lunacy and Letters Features 3 | Ballade Of Gilbert The Neglected Child By G.K. Chesterton 4 | Straws In The Wind Public Edu...
Lecture 134: The Trouble(s) with Being a Journalist
Essays from The Daily News, May-October, 1913 The post Lecture 134: The Trouble(s) with Being a Journalist appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 133: The Loyal Opposition
Essays from The New Witness, 1912-1913 The post Lecture 133: The Loyal Opposition appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 132: First Hand Accounts
Essays from The Eye-Witness The post Lecture 132: First Hand Accounts appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 131: Wise Beyond His Years
Essays from The Daily Herald, 1891-1893 The post Lecture 131: Wise Beyond His Years appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 130: A Primer in Paradox
Essays from Black and White, 1903-1904 The post Lecture 130: A Primer in Paradox appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 129: Another Arena
Essays from The Daily Herald The post Lecture 129: Another Arena appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 128: In The Beginning Was…
Essays from The Speaker The post Lecture 128: In The Beginning Was… appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 127: Loving God and Loving Our Neighbor
Introductions to Books about Religion, Philosophy, and Society The post Lecture 127: Loving God and Loving Our Neighbor appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 126: Visions of Life
Introductions to Poetry, Plays, and Novels The post Lecture 126: Visions of Life appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 125: There
Introductions to Books About Places The post Lecture 125: There appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 124: GKC as MC II
Introductions to Books About People The post Lecture 124: GKC as MC II appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 123: The True Reformer
Chesterton's Unwritten Book on Savonarola The post Lecture 123: The True Reformer appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 122: Another Book Chesterton Did Not Write
Napoleon The post Lecture 122: Another Book Chesterton Did Not Write appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 121: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part Two
More Books that Chesterton Wanted to Write but Never Did The post Lecture 121: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part Two appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-121-chestertons-unwritten-books-part-two/
Lecture 120: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part One
Books Chesterton Wanted to Write but Never Did The post Lecture 120: Chesterton’s Unwritten Books – Part One appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-120-chestertons-unwritten-books-part-one/
Lecture 119: End of the Day
Essays from The Daily News, 1912-1913 The post Lecture 119: End of the Day appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 118: Tyranny
Essays from The Daily News, October, 1910 – December, 1911 The post Lecture 118: Tyranny appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 117: Politics, Cheese, Hair, Eternity, Freaks, and Fields of Blood
Essays from The Daily News, July 1909 – September 1910 The post Lecture 117: Politics, Cheese, Hair, Eternity, Freaks, and Fields of Blood appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Cheste...
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Lecture 116: The General of Generalization
Essays from The Daily News, January, 1908 – June, 1909 The post Lecture 116: The General of Generalization appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 115: Anticipation
Essays from The Daily News, July 1906 - December 1907 The post Lecture 115: Anticipation appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 114: Persuasion
Essays from The Daily News, 1905-June 1906 The post Lecture 114: Persuasion appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 113: Short Articles on Huge Subjects
Essays from The Daily News, 1903-1904 The post Lecture 113: Short Articles on Huge Subjects appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-113-short-articles-on-huge-subjects/
Lecture 112: Creative Vitality
Chesterton's Essays from The Daily News, 1901-1902 The post Lecture 112: Creative Vitality appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 111: Final Thoughts
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1935-1936 (the final columns) The post Lecture 111: Final Thoughts appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 110: Same New
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1932-1934 The post Lecture 110: Same New appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 109: Therefore I Bring These Rhymes to You
The Final Volume of Chesterton's Collected Poetry The post Lecture 109: Therefore I Bring These Rhymes to You appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 108: I talk of peace; I talk of pain.
Chesterton's Collected Poetry The post Lecture 108: I talk of peace; I talk of pain. appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-108-i-talk-of-peace-i-talk-of-pain/
Lecture 107: “God Himself will not help us to ignore evil, but only to defy and to defeat it.”
Chesterton's Writings on the Subjects of War and Peace The post Lecture 107: “God Himself will not help us to ignore evil, but only to defy and to defeat it.” appeared first on Society of ...
Lecture 106: Chesterton’s Rediscovered First Novel
Chesterton's Long-Lost First Novel The post Lecture 106: Chesterton’s Rediscovered First Novel appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-106-chestertons-rediscovered-first-novel/
Lecture 105: Point Counter Point
Chesterton's Witty Replies to Holbrook Jackson The post Lecture 105: Point Counter Point appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 104: Serene Passion and Fiery Peace
Volume 1 of Chesterton's Collected Poetry The post Lecture 104: Serene Passion and Fiery Peace appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
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Lecture 103: Pieces of a Puzzle
A Collection of Chesterton's Short Stories and More The post Lecture 103: Pieces of a Puzzle appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 102: Mr. Hope
A Collection of Chesterton's Short Stories and More The post Lecture 102: Mr. Hope appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 101: The Storyteller
A Collection of Chesterton's Short Stories and More The post Lecture 101: The Storyteller appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 100: The Romantic
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1929-1931 The post Lecture 100: The Romantic appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 99: Spiritual Insolence
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928. The post Lecture 99: Spiritual Insolence appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 98: Closing the Account
A Lost - and Found - Father Brown story. The post Lecture 98: Closing the Account appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 97: Godless
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1923-1925 The post Lecture 97: Godless appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Lecture 96: Today’s News Yesterday
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922. The post Lecture 96: Today’s News Yesterday appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-96-todays-news-yesterday/
Lecture 95: History Lessons from One Who Was There
Essays from The Illustrated London News, 1917-19 The post Lecture 95: History Lessons from One Who Was There appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
https://www.chesterton.org/lecture-95-history-lessons-from-one-who-was-there/
Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 1 (2018)
37th Annual Conference Edition The post Gilbert Vol. 22, No. 1 (2018) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 6 (2018)
GKC and The Bible The post Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 6 (2018) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 5 (2018)
Volume 21, Number 5 | May/June 2018 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial 4 | Letters From Our Readers Features 5 | Straws In The Wind Remembering Far-Off Things 6 | Ballade Of Gilbert Adveniat Re...
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018)
Volume 21, Number 4 | March/April 2018 2 | Tremendous Trifles Features 3 | Meditation Night And Day 4 | Straws In The Wind Seven Days’ Hard by G.K. Chesterton 5 | Letters From Readers 6 | Truth...
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 3 (2018)
Volume 21, Number 3 | January/February 2018 2 | Tremendous Trifles Features 4 | Straws In The Wind On A Rib And A Job by G. K. Chesterton 5 | Ballade Of Gilbert A Song Of Education by G.K. Cheste...
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 2 (2017)
Volume 21, Number 2 | November/December 2017 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Letter From The Publisher The Year In Review by Dale Ahlquist Features 4 | Straws In The Wind On Keeping Christmas by G.K. ...
Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 1 (2017)
36th Annual Conference Edition The post Gilbert Vol. 21, No. 1 (2017) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 7-8 (2017)
Volume 20, Number 7-8 | July/August 2017 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Letter From The Publisher It’s All Connected by Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy And Letters Features 5 | Straws In The Wind Holidays...
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 6 (2017)
Volume 20, Number 6 | May/June 2017 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | The Chesterton Option by Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy And Letters Features 5 | Straws In The Wind The Conspiracy Of Journalism by G. K. ...
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 5 (2017)
Volume 20 Number 5 | March/April 2017 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Letter From The Publisher Where We Are, How We Got Here, And (Possibly) Where We’re Going by Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy And Letter...
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 4 (2017)
Volume 20, Number 4 | January/February 2017 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial The Mysticism Of Democracy by G.K. Chesterton 4 | Letter To Our Readers Features 6 | Straws In The Wind Where Extr...
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 2-3 (2016)
Volume 20, Number 2 | November/December 2016 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial The Divide by Dale Ahlquist 4 | Lunacy & Letters Features 6 | Straws In The Wind The New War On Christmas by G.K....
Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 1 (2016)
35th Annual Conference Edition The post Gilbert Vol. 20, No. 1 (2016) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 19, No. 8 (2016)
Volume 19 Number 8 | July/August 2016 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial Welcome To The Party 4 | Lunacy & Letters A Letter To Our Readers 6 | Straws In The Wind The Mistrust Of Man by G.K. Che...
Gilbert Vol. 19, No. 6-7 (2016)
2016 Summertime Film Festival The post Gilbert Vol. 19, No. 6-7 (2016) appeared first on Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton .
Gilbert Vol. 19, No. 5 (2016)
Volume 19, Number 5 |March/April 2016 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial 4 | Lunacy & Letters 6 | Straws In The Wind Science And Socialism by G.K. Chesterton 10 | Alarms & Discursions An Interv...
Gilbert Vol. 19, No. 4 (2016)
Volume 19, Number 4 | January/February 2016 2 | Tremendous Trifles 3 | Editorial 4 | Lunacy & Letters 6 | Straws In The Wind The Two Optimists by G.K. Chesterton 10 | Alarms & Discursions Chester...