Tag: Desert Fathers

  • Dan

    Become all flame

    This little story from the Desert Fathers grips my heart every time. There are other sayings or sentences that grip my heart. Two have coincided today and I am becoming undone all over again by them.

  • Dan

    Living Dead to the Opinions of Others

    This story comes from The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian and said, “Abba, give me a word that I may be saved.” (All we want is a word sometimes. We’re not into actually acting out. Just give me a pill.) The abba said to go to the tombs and abuse the…