The Art of Listening
The very first line that St. Benedict wrote in his rule for monastics is “listen.” All of the literature on prayer instructs us that half of prayer is listening...
Author: Fr. Peter
12 January ~ St. Benedict Biscop
Abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, Abbot of Wearmouth, Abbot of Jarrow. Died: 12th January AD 689 at Wearmouth, Co Durham. Biscop Baducing was born in ...
Followers as Mirrors
What is the best way to gauge the effectiveness of our leadership? I would say it is how the people you lead follow you. There is a quote I heard somewhere, and...
Leaders Take Responsibility
Not everyone lives under the same rules. Sometimes we hold people to a higher standard than others in all that they do and leaders would be included in this gro...
7 January ~ St. Fursey, Abbot of Lagny, near Paris
He was the son of Fintan, son of Finloga, prince of South Muster, and Gelgesia, daughter of Aedhfinn, prince of Hy-Briuin in Connaught. He was born probably amo...
7 January ~ Cedd of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons
St. Cedd was the eldest of four holy brothers, born into a noble Northumbrian family at the beginning of the 7th century. With his siblings, Cynebil, Caelin �...
Church Leadership
When one thinks of the Orthodox Church one thinks of many things, worship, theology, etc. the term leadership is not one that springs to mind right away. Oh sur...
Engaged Monasticism
I have been writing about monastic topics for the last few years. I have been trying to develop a sense of what I have called the “new monasticism” although it ...
2011 ~ A Blog Year in Review
So I thought I would take a little look to see how the blog did this past year. I guess its vanity but I do like to see where you are coming from and what...
St. Basil the Great ~ On Social Justice
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do...