“One of the things I enjoy about smoking a pipe pipe is it give my children a memory of daddy” just realized why I started smoking a pipe hopefully if I have a family my children will hopefully have memories of me

If you have a garden and a library and a family you have everything you need.

"Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car." favorite Chesterton quote

I was an Anglican minister. Chesterton was the main reading I did which resulted in my conversion to Catholicism in 2020.

Thanks for the shoutout! It's greatly appreciated. -bgwoodworx

Glad you are reading Chesterton and studying Catholicism! He and Tolkien and such southern writers as Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy, had much to do with my conversion about 10 years ago. A Catholic historian and southron you might also enjoy is Sheldon Vanauken.

I love this setting and your cross-leggings. You're a real man

As a Chaplain who deals with all denominations, I can attest to the fact that Catholics have abandoned much good because the Protestants like it and vice versa. If the ultimate goal is to be an excellent Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, etc, your focus is not on Christ. Satan teaches us to honor and defend human practices and set aside God's. The fact that Christians "can't get along" is one of the world's best arguments for denouncing the faith. (As a side, the famous Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon was a devout cigar smoker and is even quoted for defending his evening cigars.)

" Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put there in the first place"... a timeless statement/warning that should be a mantra for every law maker, and members of the clergy, too often today changes are being made without due care and research, or concern to the consequences of their actions. Thank you Alan for sharing this production. God Bless , Steve.

Alan, thanks so much for the kind words! I’m always excited to create these one of a kind pieces for my customers.

love me a hearthstone green mountain woodstove best decision I ever made in my life getting one!

There was an antique shop in Terra Alta West Virginia, that had a church Warden Pipe that was 7 ft long. They claimed it was made by a preacher in 1860, and they were asking $2,800 for it. Of course I couldn't afford to buy it. It looked like it was well smoked and they had a lot of documentation on it

I enjoyed that Alan, thank you.

Alan, just ran across you on Matt Fradd's Pints w/ Aquinas. Next author to experience is Hilaire Belloc a historian himself. Wrote 150 books, passed in 1954. I have been collecting him since 1977. A lady peeress in England said after Winston Churchill he was the most intelligent man in England

I've decided today that I will join the pipe smoking community. Watching your videos has taught me that pipe smoking isn't just about taking the time to appreciate good tobaccos, but it's taking time to appreciate all aspects of life. Taking the time to reflect and understand everything you've seen and experienced. I've been going through a tough time, mentally, I think some time for self reflection while enjoying a nice tobacco could do a lot for me. So thank you very much for making me and others more aware of the opportunities that can come with pipes.

I just received G. K. Chesterton’s Collected Works Vol 1 for Christmas this morning.

Dr. Alan, I'm glad you got back on KZfaq. Your knowledge and wisdom is always appreciated. Have a good weekend Sir.

Hear, hear!! Thanks for bringing joy to my day. I appreciate the candor and deeply sympathize with your perspective, Dr. H.

One of the most enjoyable times of fellowship I have had in recent memory was a get-together with men from a North American Anglican church I was attending before moving out of the area. They had a monthly meeting which alternated between meeting in a pub and someone's home. We tested various whiskeys and bourbons, as well as talked life and theology. While not allowed to smoke in the pubs (local laws), we did enjoy the occasional cigar when in someone's home. Very enjoyable, and as for the church, holding to the traditional liturgy was quite a blessing as well.

Lovely pipe. Chesterton is wonderful to read and along with Orthodoxy (which I hope you will get to read) I really enjoy his Father Brown mysteries.

If you ever find yourself in Steubenville, OH, I'd love to get the chance to sit with you at Chesterton & Co Cigars.

Now If I could just get MY Library finished! Lovely video! I enjoy Chesterton very much. That Quote, "Change is Not Reform" was wonderful, and should be pondered on by many.

Amen Alan, I have seen all of your videos, but I must say that your commentary in this video is on the mark and one of your best discussions. Have a safe trip, and enjoy the communion of friendship and have some good smoke.

Wow thank you. I agree very strongly with what you have to say. You put into words what a family is.

I wish I could find a church with a preacher that spoke and shared vast wisdoms like you do on all walks and points of life. Also I'm greatly pleased you haven't let people discourage you from sharing history especially southern history in it's true form instead of our modern time belief that everything is racially motivated.

Eastern Orthodox here and I thank God for the rich traditions in our Liturgy. I highly suggest you also study the history of Christendom. It is very hard to read early church fathers, worship, etc, and remain Protestant. May God bless the fruits of your labor!

I'll be praying for you, may the Lord keep guiding you to His Home.

I love your voice and am now interested in your content. God bless you!

Enjoy the Ohio pipe show. I've went for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. Take care.

I'm very happy to hear about your journey and study into Catholicism! St. Jerome said, “The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for a theologians to swim in without ever touching the bottom" . So too is the case with the beauty and complexity of Our Blessed Lord's Church. There's so much to learn that it provides endless source of academic study for those who feel inclined to delve into matters of the Catholic Church BUT such a deep understanding is not necessary for salvation because Our Lord desires for all men to be saved. What is needed is great love for OUR Lord and an humble and contrite heart that wishes to keep His precepts for love of God (Not wishing to oversimplify). God be with you in your journey and thanks for the great content! I enjoy learning more about pipes and tobacco from you.

Funny you speak of Chesterton, my dad and I were talking about him last weekend.

Take a visit to the Fathers of Mercy in Kentucky. They are conservative and unabashedly Catholic. Their chapel is beautiful!

Thanks a lot Alan! This lecture was right up my alley. It gave me joy for having a family and to be house bound. Thats indeed a good way of living. God bless you and you family. Regards from Dr Bengtsson, Sweden

Alan, that made me laugh when you said about cs Lewis being born in Belfast. My late partner was was a Belfast Girl and I spent best part of twenty years in that wonderful city. I know exactly what you mean and the story about the Fence or Gate across the road made me think that the two statements are so connected. There is a Wall, called a Peace wall and it separates the Catholic and Protestant community`s even today. It`s strange that we talk about reform and change and yet in that city, there are more Peace walls gone up since The Good Friday Agreement than there was at the height of The Troubles. What price progress? Thank you sir for another very enjoyable episode.

Even though we are all on a journey that hopefully will result in spending eternity with God in Heaven, and on our way we must suffer through this messed up world, thank the Lord that he has given us so many comforts (family, friends, good food/drink/tobacco/etc.) that we can enjoy down here in this fallen world! Yes, Catholicism has nothing against moderate enjoyment of alcohol or tobacco. “The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of wine, and a good cigar.” -G.K. Chesterton

Interesting video. Looking forward to finishing of your new project.

I have always taken my Catholicism for granted. Thanks for helping me re-think and re-appreciate it. Great to have met you in Columbus. A deeper conversation over a bowl would be great!

I, too, am a devout Catholic as well a cigar smoker. However, ive come to cherish the tobacco pipe. If i want to think and relax, cigar. If i want to read or write its the pipe

I'm Presbyterian and we have our own pipe tobacco blend lol.

Thanks!

Beautiful pipe, absolutely delightful prospect of your study filled with books, insightful discussion (as always), but I also wanted to say thank you for the Pipe Cottage app, which I absolutely love.

Churchwarden length pipe roll- love it! I travel with a churchwarden (all-wood, cherry, McQueen Gandalf pipe) carried separately in a cardboard churchwarden pipe box originally from another, cheaper pipe. It works, but would be nice to have it in the roll with all else. Converted garages make great spaces for bibliophiles and pipers alike. Wood stove is a nice touch. Enjoy!

Big topic sir. Nice space. Enjoy the smoke

Alan, thank you for providing a solid foundation in this flimsy modern society. Though many choose to build their house on a marsh, you set an excellent example of how to build a house that endures. Your talks are reassuring and inspiring. I hope one day we may share a bowl together! Stay strong and free Alan! -A fellow pipe smoker from western Canada 🇨🇦 😎

thank your for your content your wisdom comes through even my thick skull

One of your best videos, Alan - the subject and the setting. I felt like I was sitting right across from you enjoying a wonderful experience with a close friend.

Alan, if you are interested in the Catholic Church's traditional teaching on the family, I highly recommend you read the encyclical of Pope Pius XI (1930) called "Casti Cunnubii/Of Chaste Wedlock." It was written in response to the Lambeth Conference and the early "progressive" movement. I think you will find it enlightening in these dark times.

My favourite of Chesterton works is that of his Father Brown murder mystery series. Which features the aforementioned Priest whom literary experts consider him on par with that of Holmes and Poirot.

I always teach my students when we start ancient literature to NEVER assume the succeeding generation is smarter than the preceding generation. Awesome video!

Keep the faith and keep making these encouraging videos. New piper here and like you I hope it will be a lasting memory to my children and grands.

Great video! Alan Love the new video / pipe room, your remodeling looks great! Always enjoy your videos. I just got back into pipe smoking, and find it a great way to relax, and enjoy brothers of the leaf. Hope you have a Great time at the Ohio show, be safe! * Hope to meet you in person some day, I too live in Kentucky. Looking forward to some family time, with my wife at the Kentucky fair tomorrow. God Bless Your Ole Kentucky Buddy

And this is why you knew you had to stay on KZfaq. Keep up the good work brother.

What a neat looking roll. You are making me want to pull out my churchwarden and fire it up. Haven't enjoyed it in years. BTW, I am loving my Ruins of Windsor tobacco from the Country Squire. Also, I am loving the Pipe Cottage site and app. Keep on puffin..............

My dear fellow Pipe Smoker, if you can, read Chesterton's "Conversion and the Catholic Church" if you haven't already. It solidified my decision to convert to Catholicism.

Great video, maybe your best one yet, matter of opinion, I suppose. Very thought provoking and definitely got the listeners thinking and discussing the topic. One of the great things about the pipe is its ability to bring people from all walks of life together in fellowship and discussion. It definitely did here. Thanks again, have a great week.

I absolutely love churchwardens. I enjoy a wide variety of styles, but churchwardens are my main go to. I travel with mine regularly 😁😁

By far one of the most wholesome and beautiful videos I’ve come across. 🙏

Alan, I enjoyed this video very much! You touched upon some very salient and germaine points regarding the degradation of today's society. And I appaud your appreciation of GK Chesterton and Clive Staples Lewis.....two true beacons towards Heaven. (.... And I'm a Catholic (71 years) and a pipe smoker (44 years))

I'm very pleased to hear you are looking into and studying the history and theology of Catholicism. Doing the same helped me in my own re-version to the Faith years ago. Good bless!

That's a handsome pipe rack...

I enjoy your posts, your pipes and what you have to say. Regarding your interest in Roman Catholicism, I would recommend to you Bishop Robert Barron and his Word on Fire ministry. It is devoted to those seeking. I have really been blessed through him.

When in a world turned upside down, one must cling to tradition. To smoke our pipes, to reject modernity, and to be “conservative” is only part of the equation. If God is the most important thing in one’s life, cling to Him and His 2,000 year old Church. Cling to the traditions given to us by the greatest theologians and philosophers that the Holy Spirit has ever graced. Find contemporary Catholic scholars and apologists like Peter Kreeft, Dr. Scott Hahn, and Trent Horn. Then, it is hard to turn one’s back to the Truth in front of one’s face. “In Catholicism, the pint, the pipe, and the Cross can all fit together.” - Chesterton Thank God you finally talked about Catholicism. My wife and I reverted back to Catholicism nearly a year ago; attending the traditional Traditional Latin Mass. In Catholicism, we find the tradition, solemnity, and reverence that we craved for so long. The theological and philosophical tradition spans millennia, and it’s undeniable that: to study history is to cease to be Protestant. I’m praying that you find this journey Home, Alan. God bless you!

Wonderful talk, enjoyed it. I am raised Catholic and like a lot of the old traditions but I am and always have been more into the Native American way of spirituality. I enjoyed your talk and definitely got something out of it. Tradition is very important and knowing were we come from.

This is Fred. Another Great Video. I always look forward to your Video's. So Inciteful.

Glad to see you are reading Chesterton, aka the Apostle of Common Sense. Not enough people read him nowadays. He, more than anyone else, fundamentally changed the way I see reality. When you read Orthodoxy, if you haven't already, you will genuinely enjoy the second chapter entitled "The Maniac."

I'm very fond of churchwardens and have seven of them, two of which are frankensteins (i.e., converted by replacing the short stems of their birth with longer ones). I don't travel with them--two are clays, which don't travel well--but have several nose-warmers that are space economical and smoke well. Sure wish I could meet you at the upcoming pipe show, but I'll be there in spirit. Thank you for another delightful and thoughtful chapter in your ongoing pipe saga.

Have a safe trip and enjoy the show.

I was born and raised in the Baptist church here in Texas, but as the years went by, I became more and more discontent. Grew up singing the beautiful old hymns, but most protestant churches have moved away from them, which in my humble opinion is a mistake. Within the past year, I began attending a little old Presbyterian church, and almost immediately felt like I had found what I was looking for. Just recently started attending a church in the EPC, which follows more of the conservative values than the PCA. I actually look forward to church every Sunday now, which I hadn't in years.

Your journey toward meaning and solace is fascinating. I suspect our paths will be different (and that’s ok) but you are opening my eyes to Chesterton.

Enjoyed your discourse, sir. I am a 70-year-old Baptist and only recently started pipe smoking again, after a hiatus of several years during which I did not attend church. I have not "come out" to my pastor and elders regarding my newfound hobby. However, my closest friends who visit my home have witnessed be boldly light up and enjoy a nice aromatic blend, and they certainly have not objected. After all, Spurgeon was a cigar man and you mentioned other Christian influencers whose works I have read and that they too enjoyed the pipe. One friend, of course, challenged me with the verse from I Corinthians 6:19 ... Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit ..." which, regarding the pipe, is out of context because that scripture is dealing with fornication. If one wants to stretch the meaning of that verse to include other vices, my counter argument is the verse, also out of context, Mt 15:11, where Jesus says it's not what goes into a man that defiles him, but what comes out. That verse was to a group of Pharisees regarding the washing of hands. Also, my father also smoked a pipe for a long period of his life. The memory of his pipe's aroma as he serenely read the newspaper probably contributed greatly to my inclination. Then there's my great grandma from Arkansas who smoked a cob pipe beside her pot-belly stove, and my grandfather who smoked cigars down to the nub as a district attorney and elder in the Church of Christ. It's kinda lonely right now because I feel like I'm the only pipe smoker for miles around. I sure would enjoy some pipe smoking and tall tales with other brethren of like mind. We need to revive the fellowship of the pipe. Thank you and your wife for launching this encouraging channel!

I love the dead space in this video 😊 Finding the place in the book, tending the pipe.

I'm sorry that I missed you at Smittys pipe show. I went to the show so that I could meet you, but I didn't stay long enough. I needed to come back, and you must have got there right after I had left. Good video, and good luck with your library project.

If you like Chesterton I’d commend Douglas Wilson to you. He has a few videos on Chesterton but you’d probably like his other works as well

If you haven't already, I would highly suggest listening to the King's Hall podcast, from New Christendom Press. I'm in a baptist church, and have also been searching for something that holds to traditional values of Christendom and building for future generations. The King's Hall has been instrumental in educating me on the history of Christendom and application of theology and doctrine. They constantly quote Chesterton and other Christian fathers.

I am a former pentecostal pastor who became Catholic. Over a 2 year period I read my way into the Catholic Church. John Henry Cardinal Newman once said, "To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant"- that was true for myself. Once I discovered what the Catholic Church "actually" teaches and the history of the church, there was no turning back. One of the many teachings of the Catholic Church that I love is her biblical stance on marriage and the family.

Thanks for the video, it was a helpful reminder of why I'm doing what I'm doing, that is suffering through college in hopes of being a voice of truth and reason in our modern world. I'm not Catholic but I respect the work of Chesterton and the universal truths that are protected by my brothers even those across the Tiber.

Only thing better than a churchwarden is a meerschaum churchwarden. My next PAD quest.

Dr Alan, I encountered you via the Abbeville Institute and delighted to find you with your own space, and exploring the well that is the Faith amid the shallows of postmodernity.

Gravel Walks is an Irish traditional reel used in the intro. Love it!

I first found out about the channel while watching the recent interview on Pints with Aquinas. It is a blessing to have found such a thoughtful and insightful man. Could you please make a video about your educational path. I am in the process of my schooling and have waited a few years after starting a family to continue my schooling. My end goals are to become a professor do my part to bring back what we have lost.

Great message on a sabbath morn!

Thank you so much Alan for you're healthy and biblical perspective on life even as it relates to pipe smoking. The Family structure was created by God and to be that cornerstone of all healthy civilization, just as you said. And I believe that the destruction of the family and all the attributes of the individual roles and relationships, is being done because it is, just that, create by God Himself. And in this ever increasing God less society the door is opened wide for the destroying of everything and anything built by our Creator. So many people have become blinded from what the truth really is, they believe the lies of the Devil to be the truth, and we know Satan wants nothing better than to destroy anything of our God. So the lies, ciaos, violence, destruction, bitterness and haltered, we see becoming so prevalent in daily life today is solely because we have turned from all basis of Godly living and structure, The Family Cornerstone". Thank you for continuing to speak your heart and maybe just maybe someone. who enjoy the pleasure of a pipe and quiet time will think about those words of yours and change the purpose their lives also............ I'm looking forward to seeing your completed study. Take care and God Bless you and your Family.

Wise words indeed sir.

Being a Christian Gentleman, Chesterton thought himself a Knight and invariably carried a sword-cane!

He sounds like a character off of Django unchained. Lol. I'm from Minnesota, so he sounds funny. I love it. Keep up the videos because it is relaxing and informative.

Great video, brother

I like the new space! It sounds like it’s turning out really nice. It seems like if we study G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, we should also go back a little farther and study a writer who influenced all three of these great gentlemen, George MacDonald. (He influenced C. S. Lewis so much that George MacDonald showed up as a character in his books.) It also seems like if we study church history and pre reformation and the Catholic tradition, we should also go back a little farther and study the five ancient patriarchates of the undivided Church of the first millennium of her history, The Churches of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Before Charlemagne, his influence over the western Church, and the eventual Great Schism of 1054. It’s hard to believe that for fifty percent of the churches existence there were very few differences other than location and language barriers. All were equally important and only Christ was the head of the church.

i want a wooden study sooo bad.

Very cool!

“The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.” - G.K. Chesterton

People enjoying McClelland pipe tobacco today remind me of Woody Harrelson’s character, in Zombie Land , enjoying the last available Twinkles in the zombie apocalypse.

"in Catholicism, the pint, the pipe and the cross can all fit together" - G.K. Chesterton

By the Grace of almighty God I hope you convert

I'm not far from Columbus. I'm hoping my schedule works out and allows me to make it.

One might go wrong following a man but you will never go wrong following the King James Bible rightly divided

Going to McDonolds for a Big Mac is probably more detrimental than a bowl of tobacco, not inhaled, from a pipe.

I highly recommend looking at Charles H. Spurgeon.

Amen brother

Looking forward to seeing in Columbus, good sir! I’d love opportunity to meet you personally and enjoy a conversation. Travel safely!

One more thing; when you pray to God to be a good parent, speak clearly. I think God thought I said Parrot because all I do is repeat myself.