Wisdom from Abba Poemen about the body in spiritual disciplines.
Kill the Passions, Not the Body: Abba Poemen 184
Scheduled Maintenance: A Reflection for Ash Wednesday 2024
A short reflection on Ash Wednesday that introduces this year's daily Lenten series, '40 Days in the Desert'
The Mountaintop: A Reflection on Mark 9.2-9
Friday’s post here marked the end of a series on the nature of authority in Christianity. That series reinforced for me an old truth: that Tradition is applying the wisdom of the past in the new circumstances of the present, for the sake of the future. When it’s working well, Tradition doesn’t just look backward, … Continue reading The Mountaintop: A Reflection on Mark 9.2-9
Who Do We Trust?: Final Thoughts on Authority in Christian Thought and Life
This series on the nature of authority in Christianity has been wide-ranging, and perhaps even a little chaotic. If there’s one thing that I hope it’s demonstrated it’s that authority is complex and never as simple as many of us would like to believe. The goal of today’s post is to bring the discussion together … Continue reading Who Do We Trust?: Final Thoughts on Authority in Christian Thought and Life
Who Do We Trust?: Experience
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the different and complex array of elements that make up ‘authority’ for Christians, from official ones like Scripture, creeds and canons, and hierarchy, to those which few people would suggest should be authoritative, but yet unavoidably impact our faith and theology, such as reason and culture. Today … Continue reading Who Do We Trust?: Experience
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