Instead of our regular Bible Study meeting Monday night, a bunch of us went to hear Dale Ahlquist speak. He's an expert on G.K. Chesterton...and I mean expert. I couldn't believe the abundant amount of material he had to draw from. I learned a lot and laughed a lot. Two writers I really enjoy are C.S. Lewis and Fulton Sheen; turns out that they both got much of their inspiration from Chesterton! Why haven't I ever read this guy?
There were so many timeless quotes especially ones reaffirming the amazing value of motherhood, but here's one that a friend suggested we send to Upper Case Living to write over our bed:
"If Americans can be divorced for "incompatibility of temper" I cannot conceive why they are not all divorced. I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one...Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline."
-G.K. Chesterton-What is Wrong with the World, 1910
It's not supposed to be easy. ; ) So, I'm thinking it's time to finally read some of his work. There is such a variety of material and type...I don't know where to start. The Father Brown series sounds like fun, though. Any personal suggestions? Any ones you'd care to lend me???
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Let me know what you start with - maybe I'll join you. I keep hearing about Chesterton - our library has NO books by him!!! Father Coulter has "What Is Wrong With The World", "Orthodoxy", "The Everlasting Man", "Father Brown Stories", "Saint Francis of Assisi" and "Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox" on his recommended Catholic Booklist, but recommends more where he writes about "Novels Available Online": Chesterton wrote some 200 short stories, including some plays. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, while "The Man Who Was Thursday" is arguably his best-known novel. Some of his fiction works include: "Manalive", "The Ball and the Cross", "The Club of Queer Trades", "The Innocence of Father Brown", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "The Trees of Pride", "The Wisdom of Father Brown".
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