Becoming Flame

A reading from The Desert of the Heart, a collection of sayings from the 4th-century Desert Fathers: Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and he said to him, “Abba, as far as I can, I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as farContinue reading “Becoming Flame”

Favourable Wind

My daughter is at the airport as we speak, heading off to Colorado for a month of summer school to study drawing. It’s an exciting time but there has been some trepidation, as well, mostly about the chaos of the airport and the margin for error in getting from here to there. I turned toContinue reading “Favourable Wind”