Dec 4, 20231 minA Different RealityDiscovering the presence of God in the world is like a person finding treasure buried in a field. Having discovered it they cover it...
Oct 20, 20231 minGenuine ConsolationCompunction is much more than simply feeling sorry. It also carries with it an integrated sense that something more truthful has come to...
Oct 19, 20231 minThe Greatest IdolA brother received the garb of a monk. Upon doing so he returned to his cell telling others. I am now a monk. But when the Fathers...
Oct 11, 20231 minStringfellow's ArcThere are two aspects to engaging with the world as a Christian. The first is personal openness to the actual experience of God who is...
Oct 5, 20231 minOn AdviceBecome not a lawgiver unto thyself. - The Paradise of the Desert Fathers A beginner is by definition inexperienced...the emphasis here...
Sep 23, 20231 minFootnoteBehaviourally speaking there is a strong analogy here between the early eremitical insights and insistence of staying in one's cell and...
Sep 22, 20231 minWandering ThoughtsWandering thoughts come down to this. It is like a female donkey with a nursing colt. As long as she is tied up her foal will return to...
Sep 21, 20231 minSurrendering To EmptinessYou should never read anything about the direct experience of God unless you are overwhelmingly convinced that God has been revealed to...
Sep 20, 20231 minFiery FurnaceA certain brother went to Abba Moses in Scete and asked him to speak a word and the old man said: Go back and sit in your cell and your...
Sep 17, 20231 minBurning BushesTo simply trust God is a radical thing because at that point your life no longer belongs to you; it belongs to God. But it is not fully...