Tag: G.K. Chesterton

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here Nine short chapters, according to my copy (though I didn’t blog about the introduction in this series), and here we are, at the final chapter. As I read it,...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here This chapter had me from the very beginning: It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here With every passing chapter, I find myself loving Chesterton more and more. This chapter, in particular, made me consider what little I know about the political...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here Paradoxes aren’t comfortable. They’re confounding. They’re frustrating. They’re confusing. Says Chesterton, The real trouble with this...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here We go from fairy tales last week to patriotism this week. It’s a different kind of patriotism, though. [O]ur attitude towards life can be better expressed...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here I have to admit something to you, in the interest of full disclosure, because someone linked here calling me “the brilliant Sarah of Snoring Scholar.”...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here Gotta love the title, huh? And in the second paragraph, Chesterton made me start scratching my head and reconsidering how I think (all emphasis in quoted text is...

Part of my Orthodoxy blogging – Find the entire series here This is the sort of book that has study guides, that used to be required reading, that takes mental effort to delve into. I would apologize for the length these...