The Ascent Is The Apostolic Sending Out 30 Dec 2011 | 04:53 am

Agapé is the genuine and natural expression of apatheia: a translucent conscious place of authenticity that requires transit from inauthentic to authentic modes of being. Agapé is the metaphysical exi...

A Contextual Theologian for the 21st Century 30 Dec 2011 | 04:50 am

There is a paradigm shift occurring in today’s role as a theologian. A contextual theologian is no longer just the educated academic or the ordained minister. The theologian in recent decades has move...

Agapé as an Expression of Apatheia: Contextualizing the Texts of Evagrius Ponticus and John Cassian in the 21st Century 30 Dec 2011 | 04:46 am

Presented at LEST VIII Leuven, Belgium The 21st Century immersion in individualism can be transformed by a transfiguration of reality through renunciation of the intrinsic motivation of fear and repl...

If I offer all things and have not Love, I am nothing 1 Jul 2011 | 12:04 pm

Glendalough... never was grief like thine 4 May 2011 | 10:48 am

I was happy I was asleep when the news was announced from the USA on May 1st... On Dublin time, I have early morning memories of being awakened at dawn by light drifting in, the caw of a faroff bird s...

Ireland 1 May 2011 | 05:00 am

Happy Easter 2011 email.wmv 22 Apr 2011 | 07:45 pm

Crucified 22 Apr 2011 | 08:59 am

This inauguration and this growth are both symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of a crucified Jesus,(5) and are foretold in the words of the Lord referring to His death o...

Hospitality of the Heart 17 Apr 2011 | 12:52 am

Being-the-Other... in Armagh from 12 to 14 April as the young theologians strove to embrace a place of Divine silence and space to reach across divides and listen with the ears of our hearts. We spoke...

New Monasticism Response to Criticism by Historians 7 Mar 2011 | 05:05 am

This Blog Post was posted on 2011 5 March at http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/new-monastic-jonathan-wilson-hartgrove-retells-monastic-history/ in support of Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove'...