G.K. Chesterton and Obi-Wan Kenobi

I frequently peruse Christianity Today's Books and Culture section; they have new articles about once a week and their reviews have steered me towards some good books in the past.  Anyway two articles about G.K. Chesterton there (whom you should read if you haven't yet, especially if you like C.S. Lewis)- a general one on his recent resurgence and another, a review of a new biography of GKC (btw Baylor Press has got a book on Chesterton coming out next year by Ralph Wood, should be pretty good, I think).  The former led me to Gilbert Magazine and an article about Alec Guinness, the guy who played Obi-Wan Kenobi.  Apparently he also played Father Brown, GKC's priest-detective from a series of novels and short stories, in a movie in the 50s.  The movie is pretty terrible from what the article says, but an incident during filming ended up having a profound effect on Guinness.  While returning to his hotel in France during filming, Guinness, still dressed in the vestments of Fr. Brown, was met by a little boy, who thinking him a real priest took him by the hand and led him excitedly towards his home, talking all the way.  Afraid to startle the boy with his poor French, Guinness remained silent.  At a hole in a hedgerow the boy said a hasty good-bye and turned into to his house; apparently he had only wished for a safe, reassuring walk home.  As Guinness writes in his autobiography, "Continuing my walk I reflected that a Church which could inspire such a confidence in a child, making its priests, even when unknown, so easily approachable could not be as scheming and creepy as so often made out. I began to shake off my long-taught, long-absorbed prejudice."  Shortly after this Guinness converted to Catholicism, which is all to say that G.K. Chesterton might just change your life, you should read him.