November 10, 2011
"Just going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car."
G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936
Often called “The Prince of Paradox,” Chesterton wrote about 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories, 4000 essays and several plays. His 1905 biography of Charles Dickens is often credited for reviving interest in Dickens’ then largely overlooked work. Though they differed strongly in their respective world views, George Bernard Shaw described him as a man of colossal genius. His life-long study of religion and theology culminated in his 1922 conversion to Roman Catholicism. Diverse writers and thinkers including Mohandas Gandhi, Ingmar Bergman, Jorge Luis Borges, Neil Gaiman and Hilaire Belloc cited Chesterton as an influence on their work.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Thanks for enlightening me to another cultural person that I never knew about! Nice to meet you at Paul Morrison’s mug up last Sunday.
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I appreciate the subtlety of this week’s quote.
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Bravo! The acid in his whit should have curled his moustache. Now I know whose books to get out of the library next!
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