Chesterton
Chesterton’s Thoughts on Education
from What’s Wrong with the World It is quaint that people talk of separating dogma from education. Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It is education. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.~ G.K. Chesterton: Collected Works, Volume IV, p. 162 But…
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Yesterday, during my eldest daughter’s piano lesson, I continued to read Chesterton’s What’s Wrong with the World. I found myself wanting to make note of a lot of what I was reading in his chapter, “The Emancipation of Domesticity”. I was happy to finally learn where the following famous quote could be found: How can…
Read MoreSometimes Things Happen for a Reason
A few weeks ago, I left a comment on Love2LearnMom’s blog, regarding Chesterton. She recommended that I read St. Francis by Chesterton. I visited our library online (they carry quite a few Ignatius Press titles) and searched for St. Francis. A volume of G.K. Chesterton’s Collected Works showed up in the search results. Assuming that…
Read MoreChesterton for Second Graders?
Bernadette: “Mommy, please will you put The Ballad of the White Horse on hold at the library?” Me: “No, it’s too old for you.” Bernadette: “But I am reading the Outlaws of Ravenhurst, again, and on the back of the book it says that students really like this book.” Bernadette is my avid reader who…
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Today, during my daughter’s Ballet class, I began reading G.K. Chesterton’s, The Everlasting Man (published by Ignatius Press). The thesis of this great work is that those who say that Christ stands side by side with similar myths, and his religion side by side with similar religions, are only repeating a very stale formula contradicted…
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Today, during my daughter’s Ballet class, I began reading G.K. Chesterton’s, The Everlasting Man (published by Ignatius Press). The thesis of this great work is that those who say that Christ stands side by side with similar myths, and his religion side by side with similar religions, are only repeating a very stale formula contradicted…
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