… beyond self-justification

The church is a community that exists because something has happened which makes the entire process of self-justification irrelevant. …

The church points to the all-sufficiency of Christ when it is full of people whose concern is not to separate others from the hope of reconciliation and life by their fears and obsessions. A healthy church is one in which we seek to stay connected with God by seeking to connect others with God; one in which we ‘win God’ by converting one another, and we convert one another by our truthful awareness of frailty.

Silence and Honey Cakes: The Wisdom of the Desert, 33-34.

The solitary‘s aloneness allows them to live beyond comparisons. And, the solitary‘s humanness allows them to live in deep communion with other people.


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an absurd monk

… all voices sound different in solitude!

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