St. Francis of Assisi review

“St. Francis was not a lover of nature. Properly understood, a lover of nature was precisely what he was not.”That is G.K. Chesterton doing that thing Chesterton loves to do. He takes something we all know (Francis of Assisi loved nature) and argues that what we all know isn’t true. He spends a whole book, cleverly titled St. Francis of Assisi, convincing us that we really need to think more deeply about Francis. The stories about Francis are extraordinary. He is endlessly fascinating … [Read more...] about Be Like Francis