The Everlasting Man Online Book Club

Hello, dear Chestertonians! Marie, here. The Chesterton Society has a fantastic free opportunity for you to join them (and us) in the study of The Everlasting Man, one of Chesterton’s most important works. Here is what they say:

“Join Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski, hosts of the UncommonSense Podcast, and Susan Sucher, our Local Societies Coordinator, and other special guests as we read our way through the exciting new Word on Fire edition of Chesterton’s masterpiece, The Everlasting Man, annotated and with commentary by our own Dale Ahlquist.

This weekly conversation begins Wednesday, May 1st at 7PM CST/8PM EST, and continues throughout the summer as we take a deep dive into this classic at a manageable pace. Live broadcasts mean that your questions and comments can be addressed in real time, as you participate through YouTube chat!

Sign up below to receive notices about our live broadcast, and links to recordings. Get a copy of the book at the link below. Check out our schedule to plan out your reading. Most of all – join our society as we read this great classic, and grow ever closer to The Everlasting Man, Jesus Christ.”

LINK TO SIGN UP: https://www.chesterton.org/everlastingman

We hope you’ll join us! Grace and I will be discussing Ch. 7 with Susan, Grettalyn, and Joe.

July 10, 2024 – “Carthage must be destroyed.“

Marie Bates and Grace Krause join the conversation as we see how the real destroyer of Carthage was… Carthage.

Reading:  The Everlasting Man, ‘The War of the Gods and Demons,’ (Chapter 7) pp. 225-250.”

Episode 38: The Big Little Update

In this episode of Pints with Chesterton, Marie and Grace give life updates and share the plan for the podcast. While they have the greatest aspirations and wish PWC was a full time job, it is, alas, a mere hobby. Hobby or no, it will continue, but these ladies will be continuing with shorter works and mixing it up with some different guests.

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Grace and Marie will be releasing another episode on The Everlasting Man, then a shorter work.

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Episode 36: The Everlasting Man: The Plan for This Book & Ch. 1

In this episode of PWC, Marie and Grace dive into one of Chesterton’s best known and studied works, The Everlasting Man. In Orthodoxy, Chesterton tells the personal story of how he came to believe in Christianity. In this much later book, he tells the story of how the world came to faith. He has converted to the Catholic faith by the time of TEM. In the Plan of This Book and Ch 1, Chesterton sets the world scene for the man called Jesus by going all the way back to cavemen.

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Grace and Marie will be continuing Ch. 2 of The Everlasting Man.

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Episode 28: What’s Wrong with the World?

What’s wrong with the world? GK Chesterton is practically prophetic in his 46 essay collection, “What’s Wrong with the World,” recently republished by Sophia Institute Press. Marie and Kristen discuss marriage, feminism, and education in light of GKC’s valuable and hopeful words.

Order your copy of the book here: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/whats-wrong-with-the-world

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The Man Who Was Thursday

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Episode 23: Orthodoxy (Ch. 7) – The Eternal Revolution

G.K.C. discusses the importance of Christ always making things new and Christians not becoming complacent. It is a revolution in the soul of the Christian every day in the journey toward our heavenly home.

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Next episode we’ll be continuing with Chapter 8 of Orthodoxy, The Romance of Orthodoxy!

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Episode 21: Orthodoxy (Ch.5) – The Flag of the World

Chesterton claims that both optimists and pessimists are completely wrong in how they think about the world. How can this be? How does belonging to the world and being a citizen of it change us and where should it guide us?

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Next episode we’ll be continuing with Chapter 6 of Orthodoxy, The Paradoxes of Christianity!

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Episode 11: Manalive (Bk. 1, Ch. 5)

We’re continuing through Manalive… This week we’re reading “The Allegorical Practical Joker”.

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Next episode we will be discussing Book II, Chapter 1, entitled “The Eye of Death”.

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Episode 8: Manalive (Bk. 1, Ch. 2)

Continuing on from last week, Grace and Marie discuss the second chapter of Chesterton’s comedic novel, Manalive, “The Luggage of an Optimist”.

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Next episode we will be discussing Chapter Three of Manalive.

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Episode 7: Manalive (Bk. 1, Ch. 1)

Today Grace and Marie begin Chesterton’s comedic novel, Manalive, discussing the first chapter which is entitled “A Great Wind Came to Beacon House”.

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Next episode we will be discussing Chapter Two of Manalive.

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Episode 6: The Flying Stars

Join Grace and Marie as they discuss the last Fr. Brown mystery for the season. The great criminal, Flambeau, is brought to justice after his very last crime.

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Next episode we will be discussing chapter one of Manalive, a comedic novel.

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Episode 5: The Queer Feet

Happy New Year! Fr. Brown solves this robbery by listening to the queer sounds of feet moving in a passage. Grace and Marie discuss the crime, the importance of confession, and the fabricated, elite clubs that human beings like to create.

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Next episode we will be discussing the final Fr. Brown mystery, The Flying Stars.

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Episode 4: A Very Chesterton Christmas

Frances and Gilbert Chesterton were lovers of all things Christmas. They had a special devotion to the Christ-child and to the Holy Family at Christmas. Please enjoy as Grace and Marie celebrate the birth of the Savior by recounting some of the wonderful Christmas poetry written by the Chestertons:

How far is it to Bethlehem?
XMas Day
The Wise Men
Gloria in profundis
The House of Christmas

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Next episode we will be discussing another Fr. Brown mystery, The Queer Feet.

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Episode 3: The Secret Garden

Today Marie and Grace discuss another Father Brown mystery written by G.K. Chesterton which is entitled “The Secret Garden”. The text of the story is available for free online.

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Next episode we will be discussing some of Chesterton’s Nativity poetry.

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Episode 2: The Blue Cross

Today Marie and Grace jump into a Father Brown mystery written by G.K. Chesterton which is entitled “The Blue Cross”. The text of the story is available for free online.

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Next episode we will be discussing The Secret Garden, a short story which is freely available online.

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Episode 1: Womanalive!

Welcome to the very first episode of Pints with Chesterton! In this episode, Marie and Grace introduce Gilbert Keith Chesterton, themselves, and, briefly, some of the books that have fascinated and challenged the world for over 100 years.

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Next episode we will be discussing The Blue Cross, a short story which is freely available online. It is also available on Audible and Grace recommends this version.

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