Human beings have always employed an enormous amount of clever devices for running away from themselves. We can keep ourselves busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves with so many... Continue Reading →
Christians should return to their sources—ad fontes—not only out of pious regard for the past but in expectation of vitality, recognizing the ever ancient as ever new, capable of guiding us through feverish times. We return not in arid commitment... Continue Reading →
The Desert Fathers had a lot to say about wealth that sounds really wrong. Were they blind, or are we?
If the Holy Spirit were to withdraw from the local church, 95% of what was happening there would not change. A.W. Tozer
Kathleen Norris explains Evagrius Ponticus's definition of the worst temptation of a monk - and the modern Western Christian
It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs. - Blaise Pascal
We take care of the property that has been given to the children, but not of the children themselves. How senseless! Train the child’s soul first; everything else will come later. When the child’s soul is without virtue, no money... Continue Reading →
The Magpie 