Received in an Email
I received a slew of emails this week regarding Chesterton. If you're a GKC fan, you'll find it interesting. For everyone else, you may want to check back on Thursday.
First, Chuck Colson gives a favorable review of the Father Brown stories that Nancy Brown adapted for children: Excerpt: "The kids will meet a rotund, bumbling man of the cloth who has the uncanny ability to solve even the most puzzling crimes. Why? Because his faith gives him insight into the human heart – and its capacity for evil. For instance, in a story titled 'The Secret of Father Brown,' the priest explains that the reason he is able to identify sinners is because he himself a sinner. 'I try to get inside the murderer...think his thoughts, wrestle with his passion,' Father Brown explains. And he adds: 'When I am quite sure that I feel exactly like the murderer myself, [then] I know who he is.'"
Next, Criminal Element Dot Com recently ran an essay about Chesterton's Father Brown stories. Link. Excerpt: "As P. D. James wrote in her Introduction to Father Brown, the Essential Tales, 'We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart.' And Chesterton's legion of fans keep him in their hearts through organizations like the American Chesterton Society."
Finally, one Chesterton fan (and accomplished actor) says the stage production of GKC's Magic in Nashville is one of the best things he's ever seen. Link.
