Pilgrims' Blogress

Two wonderful pieces of in-house news today:

First, I'm elated to announce that the new issue of Gilbert Magazine, published by the G.K. Chesterton Institute, goes to press today, and it features an interview with me. I tell about my life and career, and how G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday planted the idea in my head that Christian faith could be truly exciting. The magazine is available at select newsstands and booksellers, by subscription from the magazine's Web site or from the American Chesterton Society.

Second—and I assure you the timing's coincidental—I'm leaving this afternoon for the "Chesterton Pilgrimage," a 10-day tour of England led by American Chesterton Society president Dale Ahlquist that'll hit places associated my fave rave literary lion.

While I'm gone, I'll be taking a vacation from the online world, including e-mail. But the Dawn Patrol will go on, with the help of special guest bloggers: my mom and stepdad.

In addition to posting Dawn Patrol "best-of" posts, I've asked Mom and Ron—both of whom, like me, are Jews who've accepted Jesus—to do something that I think is very special. They've each sent me their stories of how they came to faith. I've formatted those stories into daily installments, taught Mom and Ron how to put up blog posts, and voila! An ongoing serial of two different and fascinating stories that'll run every day until I return August 9.

You really can't imagine what this will be like until you see the stories unfold each day. My mother and stepdad are sharing about their lives, they're both great writers, and the whole thing's beautiful. The first installments are up now, so please check them out. If you enjoy what you see, please write (address at left) and let them know.

Mom and Ron—that's them at left—will also post updates of my Chesterton Pilgrimage, as I plan to call them daily.

If you've come to this blog from NRO's The Corner or another news-oriented Web site, be assured the Dawn Patrol's news content will return when I do. But in the meantime, I hope you'll stay. You won't find anywhere else what my mother and stepfather have to tell.

Note to my blogger pals: Please help my guest bloggers by keeping an eye out in case I messed up the coding in the preformatted posts, or in case they have problems with their updates. If you see anything wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd notify them at the address I've cc'ed above. Likewise, please drop them a line if the blog isn't up by 10 a.m. on a given day—they might be having a problem. Blogging's a whole new thing for them, and I know they'd appreciate the help.
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