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The Religion of the Slavophiles
Slavophiles, Westernizers, and the East-West Dichotomy There are few civilizational and cultural gulfs quite like the divide between Russia and the West. It has remained a source of polemical rhetoric and hopeful visions of reunification in recent decades, but the genesis of the East-West divergence spans centuries, profoundly emerging in the wake of the Petrine…
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Where is our Mind?
Our Great War’s a Spiritual War During Lent I attempted to write about demons and the origins of evil with the larger project tracing sin and demonic activity through the early chapters of Genesis, but the research revealed how soul-draining it is to dwell in the demonic realm. It weighs to the spirit. While I…
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Hidden Martyrdom: The Furnace of Prayer
Prayer, pastoral care, and perfection “Make the following a rule—first of all, anticipate trouble at every moment and when it comes encounter it as something expected. Secondly, when something happens that conflicts with you will and is on the point of irritating and upsetting you, hasten to bring your attention into your heart and strive…
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The Nature of Mysticism
The Forman/Katz Debate As I mentioned in a previous post, my interest in—and practice of—prayer has intensified alongside parenthood and sleeplessness. This reorientation reflects something deeply incarnational: prayer unfolding as a way to see, as a way of being, and the cooing in the bassinet beside my bed becoming integral to that prayerful vision, as…
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