If you are lucky, patriotism was inculcated in a childhood where you knew your neighbors, backyards, and small-town as well as your own household routine.

Lisa Clark isn't usually nervous going to Confession. This time, she almost quit. Afterward, she learned something new about herself and 'happy endings'.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Father Brown is never fooled—either by appearances, theories, half-truths, or disguises. He is not fooled because he uses both faith and reason in his thinking while others attempt...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wrong Shape,” Father Brown makes a curious observation that puzzles Flambeau, another master detective like the priest.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In one of the Father Brown detective mysteries, a select group of men known as “The Twelve True Fishermen,” meet once a year for an annual club dinner at the fashionable Vernon Hotel.

It is possible to take many things too seriously. Coaches and athletes can take winning too seriously (It’s only a game). The avaricious and the miserly who worship gold take money too seriously (It’s only metal or paper). Politicians can take elections and political power too seriously (They are not the salvation of the world). Scholars can take learning too seriously and presume that man is god and that human knowledge supersedes divine wisdom (“Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out,” Solomon states in Ecclesiastes).

Members of a family know each other too well to be fooled by brother’s daydream to be a millionaire, sister’s fantasy to be a great actress, or grandson’s ambition to be a professional athlete. The family teaches humility, self-knowledge, the art of the possible, and the way things are.

This analytical essay has been available as a help to those 11th grade students, serving both as introduction and beginner’s analysis.. Chesterton’s epic is certainly his greatest poetic work...

According to proverbial wisdom, “When you do succeed, the chances are that you were not trying too hard in the first place.” This observation appears to contradict the idea of ...

A Seton mother once mentioned a terrible problem her daughter was having with scruples regarding the Eucharist. Obviously, no one is actually worthy of such an intimate participation in the ...

This 100th anniversary edition of Chesterton’s poetic version of King Alfred’s heroic defense of Christian England from the pagan Danes is an exquisite publication.It embellishes the famous narrative and provides ...

by Kathy Rinker Ok, so in my first post I outlined for you the praises of Chesterton and his writings.  In my second post, I provided an assessment of Seton’s ...

by Kathy Rinker I finished reading Seton’s edition of Ballad of the White Horse last week. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Now, I am by no means a ...

by Kathy Rinker Great poetry seems difficult to come by these days, doesn’t it? This is one of the many reasons why Seton has carried G.K. Chesterton’s book Ballad of ...