The Chesterton national tour 2024 has officially started January 12th I visited Sun Prairie Wisconsin! "An Evening with GK Chesterton" Premiered in Steubenville as a Fundraiser for Catholic Central Highschool. Now the tour continues From Ohio to Wichita Falls Texas. Next stop Orlando!
, When I first thought of taking a sabbatical, it seemed like a great idea! Taking a semester to really focus on a project, travel, research, sit on benches pondering my existence. Sounds pretty good right? I was at the point in my tenure when I was eligible,
The national tour of my one man stage play, "An Evening WIth GK Chesterton" was born
Flash forward 6 months, and suddenly there are emails, phone calls, booking logistics, planes, trains, conversion vans, booking dates, Chesterton schools yes, but also Catholic Centers, midwest Universities, all sorts of performing venues began to nail down dates, it went from notes, to pads, to writing on the wall which turned into a map with routes, dates, and squiggly lines.
Unbelievably the tour is over! To tell you the truth, I'm exhausted but it was the most humbling experience I have had in a long time. Such amazing people, so many stories of faith, so many young students and large enthusiastic audiences and now more opportunities to share Chesterton's message of joy and gratitude to our Lord for the miraculous gift of this life, are starting to appear in my email! Many tales to tell. Maybe I will see you at the 2024 Chesterton Conference in Philadelphia next week! For now here are some random pictures of that journey.