I can summarize my view of Christian simplicity with this sentence that I came up with: “Only buy what you need; only keep what you use.” That is my original contribution to simple living and minimalism. Is it is an easy to remember rule or simplifying your life. The Importance It’s hard to express the…
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Spirituality – What we experience.
Psalms in 30 Days – Book Review
I have finally found a good prayer book. Trevin Wax has compiled the easiest Liturgy of the Hours I have found. It is now my prayer book of choice. The 30 days Is divided up into morning, midday, and evening prayer. All three begin with a call to prayer, psalms to be prayed, and end…
The Quiet Ones
“For they do not speak peace, but they conceive deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land” (Ps. 35:20). Hermits should be “those who are quiet in the land.” For they live in solitude and hiddenness. They do what the Apostle Paul said: “But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so…
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name; Your kingdom come; Your will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil….
Idleness is an Enemy
“Idleness is the enemy of the soul: and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.” – St. Benedict of Nursia (The Rule of St. Benedict) Prayer and work was the ideal for the Benedictine monk. But it also applies to The hermit. The hermit…