How many authors are hilarious? Brilliant? Coherent? Happy? Catholic?
Okay. But all at the SAME TIME?
G. K. Chesterton is that and more. You’ve heard the tantalizing quotes people throw around—-come on, let’s read the man. He’s worth it.
I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him. Only to bring him to life.
Manalive
When we are asked why eggs turn to birds or fruits fall in autumn, we must answer exactly as the fairy godmother would answer if Cinderella asked her why mice turned to horses or her clothes fell from her at twelve o’clock. We must answer that it is magic.
Orthodoxy
Right in the middle of all these things stands up an enormous exception. It is quite unlike anything else. It is a thing final like the trump of doom, though it is also a piece of good news; or news that seems too good to be true. It is nothing less than the loud assertion that this mysterious maker of the world has visited his world in person.
The Everlasting Man
We’ll read those books: Manalive, Orthodoxy, and The Everlasting Man. It’s the ideal setting: a teacher to explain historical context and a class that wants to talk about the real ideas. If you miss this from college or you’ve never tried a great books seminar, try ours. You can handle the reading (just ten to fifteen pages a day). Bring the books if you’ve got them; if not, they’ll be available for sale.
Chesterton. The craziest thing was, he was happy. An author, happy. Come find out why.
