A Tale of Pride & the Devil#
24/8/2025
A desert monk, Abba Daniel (circa 400 AD) taught: Upon an invitation a monk attended the house of a woman possessed by the devil.
Category: Tales from the Desert
The yoke of righteousness & pride!
10/7/2025
A young man was sitting in his 'cell' (a hut or a cave where the desert monks lived) and a voice came to him which invited: come and I will show…
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Refreshed from the Desert
14/10/2024
Breezes that criss-cross a desert can be as welcome as rain. Any refreshment from the arid heat pleases chastened bodies and souls.
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Yesterday's virtues are today's challenge!
20/3/2024
It appears that the desire for virtue by men and women may have been stronger in bygone seasons. History records their unusual pursuits, reflections and affections.
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You shall have what is His...
3/8/2023
Abba Euprepius (a fourth century A. D. desert monk) taught: knowing that God is mighty and faithful, have faith in Him and you shall share what is His.
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5 Wise Desert Streams
1/12/2022
The wisdom of ancient Christian desert-dwellers, these fathers of asceticism still glistens as water in the sun. Christian monasticism was birthed in the fourth century.
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A Hermit's Sweet Lesson
4/9/2022
Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (Luke 5:16) A hermit possesses nothing save solitude and the presence of the Lord.
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Radical Speech Therapy
7/7/2022
Too often what we say is heard wrongly, or we regret our words almost as quickly as we speak them. Jesus always had His tongue tamed.
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A Parable for a Soft Heart
25/5/2021
Somewhere around 430 AD Abba John traveled to Syria to consult the great Egyptian monk, Abba Poemen. He was now well advanced in years.
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Choose your refuge carefully...
2/7/2019
The time to re-set thinking is never too soon. There are vital and life-giving thoughts belonging to those who would re-script and even resist mankind's processes of thinking.