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Good without effort?
People have regularly asked me whether the Orthodox Church is Christian. I assure them it is! Let me point you to this article, written by Father Stephen in his blog, Glory to God For All Things: A He… more →
Getting There... 2 steps forward, 1 back
In the desert
doradueck wrote 1 day ago: David Bentley Hart, in Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies (see … more →
Good without effort?
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: People have regularly asked me whether the Orthodox Church is Christian. I assure them it is! Let me … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 10
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: The kids of today… An old man said, ‘The prophets wrote books, then came our Fathers who put t … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 9
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: Rather than include a story from the desert today, I want to share an excerpt from a beautiful book … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 8
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: Amma (Mother) Theodora said, ‘There was a monk, who, because of the great number of his tempta … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 7
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: As a bibliophile, sometimes waiting a long time for a chance to get to a book I’ve bought, I l … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 6
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: Three old men, one of whom had a bad reputation, came one day to Abba Achilles. The first asked him, … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 5
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: Whenever Abba Agathon’s thoughts urged him to pass judgement on something which he saw, he wou … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 4
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: Abba John said, “We have put the light burden on one side, that is to say, self-accusation, an … more →
Desert Fathers and Mothers 3
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: It was said of Abba John the Persian that when some evildoers came to him, he took a basin and wante … more →
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers 2
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: One day some old men came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them was Abba Joseph. Wanting to test … more →
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers 1
PaulW wrote 1 year ago: The fourth century saw an explosion of the numbers of hermits and monks going to live in the Egyptia … more →
The Ones We Leave Behind
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Carl McColman wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking about the relationship between contemplatives and others. What does it mean … more →
