How to Eat Angel’s Bread [SSL 297]

Today, we read from Fr. Gabriel Bunge book on what Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 CE) meant by Angel’s Bread (the virtue) to combat the vice Dragon’s Wine. See companion page (PART 2) for the book link, additional audio, and a personal reflection.

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Where is God in the Genocide? [SSL 296]

The Doors to the Sea was written by David Bentley Hart after the horrific Indonesian tsunami in 2004. Today I’ll be interacting with a portion of it that explains ideas of Providence, Evil, and God’s will, better than anything I’ve come across.

Please, find the companion page (PART 2) for the article link, the book link, more on the author, and my personal reflections.


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The Wounded Healer [SSL 292]

Learning from Henri Nouwen how “in our own woundedness, we can become a source of life for others”

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Eps 225: Guest, Carmen Acevedo Butcher on Brother Lawrence

Today is an unveiling of Carmen’s scintillating new translation of the classic: “Practice of the Presence” about Brother Lawrence (Nicholas Herman).

The featured image of Brother Lawrence is one I co-created using the skills of Artificial Intelligence.

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End of 2023—SSL 290: There is no future without this main thing

Closing out 2023, I’m thinking about how we make a better future and I’m featuring insights on forgiveness from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) and the African concept of ubuntu that can make the future possible.

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15 fantastic teachers! Very insightful and enjoyable.

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