Rusty Ring

Palladius said, "One day when I was suffering from boredom I went to Abba Macarius and said, 'What shall I do? My thoughts aff...

"One of the monks, called Serapion, sold his book of the Gospels and gave the money to those who were hungry, saying: 'I...

"There was an anchorite who was grazing with the antelopes and who prayed to God, saying, 'Lord, teach me something more....

“The Bible was telling me every day: 'Sell all that you have and give to the poor.' "So I sold it." Abba Semperion...

In the late 40s, a British Colonial Service officer named John Main began to frequent a Malaysian ashram. There, in meditation, the d...