Like Weather . . . Each Moment Unfolding As It Does
Dearly Beloved,Grace and Peace to you. Days are longer now,birds sing sweetly,daffodils sway brightly,and a storm dumps four inches of snowand a tree on our house.On…
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The Way that is Strait and Narrow
AN ELDER was asked: What does it mean, this word we read in the Bible, that the way is strait and narrow? And the elder…
The Primacy of Love
Charity and hospitality were matters of top priority (for the Desert Fathers), and took precedence over fasting and personal ascetic routines. The countless sayings which…
On the Way . . . Not Yet Arrived
Most of the characters represented in these sayings and stories are men who are “on the way” to purity of heart rather than men who…
Exchanging One False Self For Another
What the (Desert) Fathers sought most of all was their own true self, in Christ. And in order to do this, they had to reject…
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Via our machines— be it phone, television, or computer— we receive an enormous amount of information every day. But we don’t have the time, the…
Waiting In This Darkness
The first time you practice contemplation, you’ll only experience a darkness, like a cloud of unknowing. You won’t know what this is. You’ll only know…
A God Beyond Our Thoughts
But where is this true possession of God, whereby we really possess him, to be found? This real possession of God is to be found…
Time for a Walk in the Dark
If you are in the middle of your life, maybe some of your dreams of God have died hard under the weight of your experience.…
Story Water
A story is like water that you heat for your bath. . It takes messages between the fire and your skin. It lets them meet,…