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Discovering the Desert of My Soul
I don’t exactly know why, but a few years ago I felt a real spiritual unction to study Christian Mysticism. My first thought was to look at the experiences of the monks of the desert. These Desert...
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Christianity Divided by the Cross
Irvin J. Boudreaux:This topic is at the heart of Christian understanding. It serves as a good starter for further thinking. Originally posted on pub theologian: A guest post by theologian and scholar...
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I Do Not Know
One day some old men came to see Abba Anthony. In the midst of them was Abba Joseph. Wanting to test them, the old man Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt suggested a text from the Scriptures, and,...
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March 20–Day 14
Exodus 20:1-6 1Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;3you shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not...
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An Elusive Lesson
Abba Marcarius the Great said to the brothers at Scetis, when he dismissed the assembly, ‘Flee my brothers.’ One of the old men asked him, ’Where could we flee beyond the desert?’ He put his finger on...
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The Art of Pleasing God
“Someone asked Abba Anthony, ‘What must one do in order to please God?’ The old man replied, ‘Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever...
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Fasting, Medicine, Approval and Purity
Today I share some wisdom from Desert Mother Amma Syncletica. The Desert Mothers were women Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. They...
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A Sad Story
Matthew 2 The Visit of the Wise Men 1 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born...
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Survey the Land
Breaking new ground is a very difficult task for us. The old, the familiar, the comfortable are always preferable to the new and different. I believe this is even true if God tells us to change. The...
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Obedience
In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a...
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