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In The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, we learn of a powerful enchanted ring threatening the collective peoples of Middle Earth. After the ring’s discovery, representatives of various peoples eventually agree it must be destroyed by traversing torturous difficulties to cast it into the fiery …
Continue reading "Choosing Wise Guides for the Spiritual Life"
There is a saying among physicians that the doctor who is his own doctor has a fool for a doctor. It means, as I understand it, that the care of the body is a complex business and requires cool, detached judgment....If those entrusted with the care of the body cannot be entrusted to look after …
Continue reading "Getting a Spiritual Director [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 10]"
Oftentimes, when we think about helping people to grow, we attend to key things that can be poured into someone's life. We think of activities, experiences, classes, etc. But for me, while all of those things have been important, I can think of two or three key people who have influenced my life in far …
Matthew Erickson 