Best Recurring V Podcasts (2024)

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 51: Sudden Fury 1975 v The Last Stop In Yuma County 2024 1:41:15

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This month we’re playing with questionable morality and the question of what would you do in these crazy situations. Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 51: Sudden Fury…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVI, Part II 59:14

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We picked up once again with the theme of “loving fasting.” The severity of the desert father’s practice of this discipline reveals that love. They discovered not only how essential the body is in the spiritual struggle to overcome attachment and the order of one’s desires towards God, but also that fasting brings a simplicity to one’s life.We begi…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part IV and XVI, Part I 1:02:06

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We continued our discussion of the fathers’ love for abstinence and fasting. While their feats seem amazing to us as well as how little food they needed to sustain themselves, the importance is what this love of these disciplines show us. They were not embraced simply as forms of discipline or endurance, but rather that which humbled the mind and t…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part III 1:02:29

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The fathers often draw us along this mysterious path, the narrow path, that leads to the kingdom. They lead us, as it were, “where angels fear to tread.” They show us in an unvarnished fashion how the path to Godly love and virtue passes through affliction. Yet, even that is too simplistic. It is the suffering heart, the heart crushed by prayer and…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VI 1:07:39

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St. John Climacus once again gives us powerful images to help us understand the meaning of stillness and how it is to be protected. One such image is that of an eyelash that falls into the eye and creates irritation. The enemy of stillness is agitation; we are often driven to distraction by a concern for our physical and emotional well-being. Fear …

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part II 1:08:31

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What is it that we are hungry for in this world? So many of the writings of the fathers can be reduced to this very question. What is the deepest desire of our hearts? What have we been created for and what satisfies the sense of incompleteness or the strange feeling of nostalgia within us? Because we have been created for God and find in Him our t…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part V 1:05:08

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There is a beautiful movement created in the heart by St. John’s writing; it is almost a dance. We move back-and-forth with St. John by simultaneously reflecting upon the beauty of silence and stillness and the intimacy that we experience with God through it - while also being shown what the loss of the silence does to us. The silence of which St. …

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIV, and XV, Part I 1:01:37

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Humility and affliction: Two words that often evoke within us intense fear and anxiety. We are formed by a kind of pathological self-love. The fathers understood our focus upon worldly things as a need to create a sense of security and identity. We desperately want to protect ourselves from hardship and from pain and so we surround ourselves as muc…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part IV 1:01:08

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In pursuing life in Christ, the experience of reality is often turned on its head. Our perception of the world around us and the interior world is shaped and formed by so many forces and influences. In a counterintuitive fashion, we have to move in opposing directions to the things that satisfy our ego or the desires of the flesh. Needless to say t…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIII, Part II 1:02:15

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Only the most stalwart and patient of souls can follow along with this evening’s readings without being troubled. Once again it is repeated for us that our life is to be one of constant repentance; that is, turning toward God. Systematically the fathers break down every illusion that we might have about ourselves as having no need of such repentanc…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part III 1:06:14

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What possibly could hesychasm or the life of hesychasts - those who live in perpetual stillness and prayer - mean for those who living in the world; for all of those surrounded by a constant stream of noise and distraction?The answer is everything! Though few are called to this manner of life, all are destined to experience the fullness of its joy …

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIII, Part I 1:00:43

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We picked up this evening with Hypothesis 13 on the subject of keeping Vigil and not giving oneself over to excessive sleep. However, as we immersed ourselves in the reading, we began to see the father guiding us into something much deeper. The teaching on keeping vigil is a bridge to talking about Repentance. We were presented with the most beauti…

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 50: The Toolbox Murders 1978 v Toolbox Murders 2004

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This month we’re searching apartment buildings for the Toolbox killers 26 years apart. Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 50: The Toolbox Murders 1978 v Toolbox Murder…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part II 1:02:02

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It’s hard to imagine ourselves as being nourished upon stillness and silence. Yet, this is exactly what the fathers and St. John Climacus seek to teach us. Stillness allows us to have an experiential knowledge of intimacy with God - an encounter with Mystery. When we have shut the door to the senses, when we stilled our mouth from constant chatter …

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XII, Part I 58:34

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We picked up this evening with Hypothesis 12. The subtitle is on avoiding idle talk. However, this does not do justice to what we are given in the text. It is revealed to us how we are to kindle within our hearts the fire of love for God that then gives rise to a holy sacrifice of praise. Thus, the greatest thing that we can give God is to emulate …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part I 1:03:46

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St. John Climacus brings us now to discuss the fruits of the ascetic life. We picked up this evening with Step 27 on “stillness of mind and body”. John is very hesitant to approach such a subject. He does not want to distract the warrior from the task at hand; that is, those who are engaged in the spiritual warfare against the passions and the prov…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XI, Part III 1:05:16

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As we conclude Hypothesis 11, we are given very solid food to nourish our understanding of the nature of prayer and our demeanor. How is it that we are called to worship God, to pray the psalms, and what is our demeanor to be following that worship? A kind of liturgical asceticism must guide and direct our prayer and piety. Even the way that we pra…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX 1:05:00

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We come to the end of Step 26 on Discernment and in doing so we begin to see, or at least get a glimpse of, its importance for the spiritual life. So often sin distorts are perception of reality. It prevents us from seeing with clarity both the dignity and the blessings that come from being a son or daughter of God, baptized into Christ - as well a…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XI, Part II 1:00:19

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All that we do is to be touched by the grace of God, shaped by it, and perfected by it. This includes our virtues, and also the manner in which we pray. Psalmody has always been apart of the prayer tradition of the church and in particular of the monastics. The psalms capture within them both the adversities and the joys that we experience in this …

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 49: Frankenhooker 1990 v Poor Things 2023 1:32:03

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This month we’re playing in Mary Shelly’s playground with a pair of Frankenstein inspired films. Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 49: Frankenhooker 1990 v Poor Thing…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XIII 1:01:02

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Every week it is as if we are diving into living waters that renew and refresh the soul. This is particularly true of step 26 on Discernment and St. John’s summary towards its conclusion. So often as is true with the Fathers, St. John makes use of concrete and colorful imagery to capture for us the nature of the spiritual life and in this case disc…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis X, Part III and Hypothesis XI, Part I 1:06:03

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The focus of the Evergetinos this evening was on praying the psalms. However, as always with the writings of the fathers, the focus isn’t simply on the external actions, but the meaning of them. How do we pray as members of the body of Christ? Is there a kind of liturgical asceticism that must match our bodily asceticism? What is the measure of our…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XII 1:00:00

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As St. John draws us forward with these simple sayings about discernment and its fruit, we begin to see the immeasurable beauty of the ascetic life and the action of God’s grace. The life that God calls us to is not one of frenetic activity but rather the cultivation of purity of heart and humility in order that He might act within us. We do not se…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XI 1:08:19

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We continued with St. John’s summary of discernment and its particular fruit in the spiritual life. However, it does not read like a summary. Each saying opens us up to a divine reality and a participation in the life of Christ that comes to us by grace and the ascetic life. One cannot help but be captivated by the beauty of what St. John describes…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis X, Part II 1:17:55

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We continued our discussion of prayer and the things that often become an obstacle to it. Much of the discussion this evening focused upon the things that make us lazy or weary in prayer or lead us to drowsiness.One of the important things that the fathers teach us is that sleep is an appetite that is to be ordered like any other appetite. Our life…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part X 58:53

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As we come toward the end of Step 26 on Discernment, St. John begins to offer us a summary of all that we have considered in the previous pages. In doing this, he alters his typical way of writing. One may speculate that he does this because of the importance of the virtue of discernment; both in fostering it and in protecting it. Using brief sayin…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IX, Part II and Hypothesis X, Part I 1:10:38

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Breaking the night for prayer!! The very idea either never comes into the mind of modern Christians or it sends a shudder through the heart. The idea of limiting something like sleep for the sake of prayer, of humbling the mind and body in such a way on purpose and regularly seems to express a type of insanity. Would I not make myself sick or incap…

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 48: Subspecies 1991 v Children of the Night 1991 1:29:00

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This month we’re swimming in direct to video vampire trash. Is one of these a hidden gem? Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 48: Subspecies 1991 v Children of the Nigh…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX 1:14:22

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With each passing week, as we read St. John’s thoughts on discernment, we begin to see how it touches every aspect of our life. So often we confuse this gift with intellectually analyzing the circumstances around us or internal experiences and feelings or our perception of others’ actions. Yet discernment is not rooted in our private judgment. Rath…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VIII, Part II and Hypothesis IX, Part I 1:04:36

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The fathers continue to speak to us about service and work and the disposition that we are to have in doing it. Our understanding must move from a functional understanding of labor; engaging in it in a way that is determined by private judgment or by the desire for worldly things. Everything that we do must be tied to our service of the providence …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XIII 57:54

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Discernment, St. John tells us, arises out of humility. It also allows us to see the value of humility in the spiritual life. It is the virtue above all virtues, that we must cling to in the spiritual battle. The enemy will seek to confuse us in one way or another; by flattery or by seemingly knowing our thoughts and placing ideas before us which t…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VIII, Part I 1:01:14

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What a beautiful group! Beauty, however, is not only found in the things that are attractive or appeal to our sensibilities. What is beautiful is found in the truth – the truth that speaks to the depths of our hearts and our religiosity. Once again, the fathers speak to us and present to us the gospel in unvarnished fashion. What is the disposition…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XII 1:00:05

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Discernment is so much more than our analyzing the realities and circumstances around us by the use of intellect and reason. These faculties, as wonderful as they are, have inherent limitations. They are not infinite, nor can they speak of God as he is in himself. What God begins to show us in the spiritual life is that the more that we enter his l…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VI, Part II and Hypothesis VII 1:06:28

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We are drawn ever deeper into the subtle manifestations of Avarice and how the demons make use of this passion to draw us into other sins. Indeed, it is a fearsome vice. The evil one can convince us that our identity is dependent on our having a certain objects or money and the security that it seems to offer us. Once we have given ourselves over t…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XI 1:03:36

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This evening we continued our discussion of discernment; in particular, developing an awareness of the action of the demons and their attempts to lead us astray. However, John also seeks to make us aware of the fact that it is not only the demons that we have to be aware of but our human nature in its fallen state. We are often weak of will and cha…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IV, Part III 1:15:39

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We take up this evening a new hypothesis (VI) dealing with the ownership of property. At the heart of it, however, is the temptation to avarice and the impact that it has upon the spiritual life and upon our commitments to God and others. The monks relinquishment of property, their embrace of a life of poverty and simplicity, highlights for us the …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part X 1:08:06

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As we read St. John Climacus, we begin to see discernment as rooted in our relationship with God; a relationship that is founded upon the revelation of God‘s love and the desire that it stirs within the human heart to respond in kind. If we love God, then it is not going to seem to be a burden to us to take every thought captive and bring it before…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IV, Part II and Hypothesis V 57:48

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Sometimes in the simplest teachings is found the greatest wisdom. Such is true in tonight‘s readings from The Evergetinos. The focus is on work, how we engage in it and also how we engage others with whom we work. What becomes evident is that the Christian works in a distinctive fashion. Above all charity is to guide the manner in which we work, ou…

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 47: A Face in the Crowd 1957 v Network 1976 1:43:27

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This month we’re digging into the nightmare of the media with a pair of classics. Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 47: A Face in the Crowd 1957 v Network 1976 first …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX 1:03:36

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Discernment, as we have said, is the fruit of humility. Having removed the impediment of pride and having purified the heart of the passions, one comes to comprehend the things of the kingdom and the will of God. St. John gives us one example after another of how discernment helps us to perceive the things that lead us to God and that teach us to e…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part IV and Hypothesis IV, Part I 1:05:30

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Everything about what it is to be a human being should be touched and shaped by the grace of God. Our identity and purpose comes through Christ. When we lose sight of this, a kind of disorder and imbalance enters into the way that we work, the kind of work that we take up, and the time that we spend engaged in it.This evening we were given one stor…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VIII 1:04:07

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In St. John’s discussion of discernment, he reveals to us the beauty of a human being transformed by the grace of God and living in communion with Christ by removing every impediment within the heart and by constantly crying out to him in prayer. At the very center of this reality is the “eye of the soul”. It is extremely beautiful, St. John explai…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part III 1:04:21

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We continued our discussion from The Evergetinos on idleness. What begins to emerge from the wisdom of the fathers is that everything that is part of our life as human beings is filled with meaning and touched by grace. God has ordained that we provide for ourselves by the work of our hands. Furthermore, by this very same work, we are attentive to …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VII 1:04:13

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As we have discussed, the fruit of humility is discernment. But what is that? Is it simply private judgment, a human wisdom that has deepened over the course of the years? St. John gradually begins to reveal to us that it is a freedom that emerges from the removal of the impediments of our passions. A sole passion, the desire for God, begins to dir…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part II 1:03:16

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What a blessing it is to read slowly. It allows insights to unfold before our minds and imaginations that we often would not be attentive to due to our typical need to rush. Hurry, most often, comes from the evil one who seeks to undermine our peace. It is lingering over the thoughts of the fathers on idleness that we begin to understand that what …

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VI 57:42

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Where are we in the spiritual battle? Do we understand the virtues that are generally most necessary in the pursuit of virtue? So often in our day, we approach the spiritual life in a piecemeal fashion, gleaning from the writing of saints things that speak to our own particular sensibilities. But are any of these things going to help us address the…

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Recurring Nightmares Ep. 46: 30 Days of Night 2007 v 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 2010 1:21:28

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This month we’re getting our vampire on with 30 Days of Night and its sequel which has much less night. Theme Music: Algorithms by Chad Crouch E-mail comments (or questions) to chris.scott@criticallysane.com or follow us on Twitter. Jeff – JustSomeDude899 Chris – kariyanine RecurringPod The post Recurring Nightmares Ep. 46: 30 Days of Night 2007 v …

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part VII and Hypothesis III, Part I 59:31

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We turn now in the Evergetinos to consider the “avoidance of idleness”. With this, of course, we are compelled to consider the nature of work, and its connection to the spiritual life and our sanctification. Avoiding idleness is not simply keeping busy - much less busyness. It is something that allows us to prevent the mind and the heart from wande…

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part V 1:06:39

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Extraordinary and beautiful! We are currently reading Step 26 from The Ladder on discernment. As St. John begins to unpack things for us, that is, what discernment allows us to perceive about our intentions, our dispositions, how virtue and vice often get mixed together, why prayers sometimes go unanswered, and why demons often will cease their att…

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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part VI 1:05:07

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After listening to a multitude of stories from the Evergetinos about responding to insults from others, the only response that one seems to be able to offer is a sigh; not a sigh expressing disbelief but rather wonder. This is the love and the grace that God offers to us at every single moment of our life. A synergy exists between our will (as simp…

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