“But all conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. If you leave a white post alone it will soon be a black post. If you particularly want it to be white you must be always painting it again; that is, you must be always having a revolution.” – G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1908

In other words, as Jesse Sumpter explains: “The world is always changing. People grow old and things fall apart. True conservatives must be vigilant and active because there is a standard which we are aiming for and we cannot reach that standard trying to maintain the status quo.”

True conservatism is radically active. It knows that liberty can be lost in a generation. True conservatism does hail back to the “good old days” but it keeps them dusted off, repainted, and repaired. It is constantly vigilant. And where a line of defense goes awry, it is quick to re-form the line.

Christmastide, G. K. Chesterton, The Baptism of the Lord, The Everlasting Man, The New Jerusalem, The Thing

CHRISTMASTIDE: THEOPHANY: The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord!

To discover Theophany is, like Chesterton, to walk backwards through history to the place from which Christmas came. Continue reading CHRISTMASTIDE: THEOPHANY: The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord!

Christmastide, G. K. Chesterton, The Baptism of the Lord

CHRISTMASTIDE: THEOPHANY!

“It was in the season of Christmas that I came out of my little garden in that “field of the beeches” between the Chilterns and the Thames, and began to walk backwards through history to the place from which Christmas came. Continue reading CHRISTMASTIDE: THEOPHANY!

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