{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What Bilbo and Boethius (and Chesterton) Teach Us About Adventure","description":" What does it mean to be inconvenienced? Chesterton has a paradoxical answer. Joe Grabowski and Grettelyn Darkey unpack one of Chesterton's most beloved aphorisms \u2014 &quot;An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered; an inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered&quot; \u2014 tracing it from its original context in a real 1906 London flood, through the essay &quot;On Running After One's Hat,&quot; and all the way to Boethius, St. Lawrence, and the Christian vocation to embrace the cross.  In This Episode:  The original context of the quote in Chesterton's essay &quot;On Running After One's Hat&quot; from All Things Considered, prompted by the great London flood of June 1906 What running after a windblown hat has to do with Innocent Smith in Manalive\u2014and why the sport of hat-hunting haunted Chesterton's imagination for years The difference between a sunny attitude and a genuinely Chestertonian embrace of inconvenience, and why it matters on a spiritual level Boethius, St. Lawrence, and St. Peter hanging upside down\u2014what the saints reveal about the adventure of embracing the cross The thread running through all of Chesterton: how a single paradox in a flood-inspired newspaper column illuminates his entire worldview   Chapters:  00:00: Introduction 01:52: Parsing the Quote 04:50: Bilbo Baggins and Engaging with Life 07:49: The 1906 London Flood 20:23: Running After One's Hat 23:05: Innocent Smith in Manalive 28:41: The Thread of Chesterton's Philosophy 35:00: Daily Inconveniences 37:06: The Spiritual Dimension   Resources Mentioned:  All Things Considered by G.K. Chesterton (includes &quot;On Running After One's Hat&quot;) Manalive by G.K. Chesterton The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius   FOLLOW US  Instagram Facebook X   SUPPORT  Consider making a donation Visit our Shop   Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios ","author_name":"Uncommon Sense","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/23918\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40948560\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201007985"}