I have selected G.K. Chesteron as my main historical mentor for 2007. Chesterton's influence is prodigious. The list of thinkers and influencers that Chesterton shaped included such luminaries as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mahatma Ghandi, Michael Collins, Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, Orson Welles and Philip Yancey. C.S. Lewis, in fact, looked to Chesterton as his spiritual father.
Chesterton died the year my father was born [1936] at his home in England. Fortunately, Chesterton left us a few things to read. He wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays and several plays. It is said that he dictated most of his books to his secretary and ostensibly made very few revisions to the first drafts. Chesterton was famous for his debates with the skeptics of his day. He usually won and developed cordial relationships with them at the same time.
I invite you to join me in making Chesterton your historical mentor for 2007. That includes you atheist readers as well. Let's sit at his feet and learn.
First up will be Chesterton's apologetic for his Christian faith. A book known as . It is 9 bucks plus shipping ... or you can go check it out from your library. At 168 pages long, it should be within the reach and attention span of any blog reader.
Even more rare than spotting Santa on a waverunner ... was this nativity scene celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ... deployed smack dab in the middle of government property. Thank you Jesus for the simple reminder that you are the king of kings ... sovereign over this nation and all the nations.
Taken with my camera.
Google just published their year-end . These are the most often used search terms in 2006 ( the term "zeitgeist" is a German word meaning "the spirit of the time").
But was he a republican?
Fully