Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I’m reading Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. While much of his walkthrough of the past seven centuries and how Christians… Continue reading God: The Only Option
Category: Writing
On the Nightstand: The Benedict Option
A while back, I read two Rod Dreher memoirs of a sort: The Little Way of Ruthie Leming and How Dante Can Save Your Life. Loved them both, and enjoy reading his thoughtful essays, even when we’re not 100 percent in agreement. I’m excited about reading The Benedict Option because it promises a path to… Continue reading On the Nightstand: The Benedict Option
On the Nightstand: Steps to Spiritual Perfection
While at the Holy Cross Abbey retreat center in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, I ask Monk A if he’s ever heard of Evagrius, whose writings I keep seeing referenced in stuff I’m reading. Eagerly, he says yes and that Evagrius (unlike me, he pronounces it correctly, ee-VAY-gree-us), a fourth-century Desert Father, is featured in a chapter… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Steps to Spiritual Perfection
Friends in Faith: David Cortner
To me, David Cortner is a wizard. As my webmaster, he comes up with great graphics (my very favorite is the Advent calendar he designed a few years back). No matter how half-baked my ideas are, he figures out a way to make them work. (I can’t wait to see what he does with a… Continue reading Friends in Faith: David Cortner