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New book: From Object to Icon

9 August 2023 By Andrew

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Developing and expanding on the material in the podcast series, the book From Object to Icon: The Struggle for Spiritual Vision in a Pornographic World has now been published by Ancient Faith Publishing.

From Object to Icon sees pornography as a societal issue with a spiritual root, and is written to encourage all of us to learn to see iconographically rather than pornographically– that is, rather than objectifying others, to see the spiritual reality in… [ read more ]

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Transformative

19 March 2021 By Andrew

St Mary of Egypt

A comment from someone working through the program:

“The FtFtL program is best experienced in an unrushed manner. We are all products of our experiences as well as our broader cultural milieu. Taking the material at a relaxed pace, especially when it can be discussed with someone you trust, is the best way for it to begin to grow roots and for the the deeper meaning to begin to unfold in a transformative way. Life… [ read more ]

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Confessing who I am

28 August 2016 By Andrew

I’ve been reflecting on two little anecdotes I mentioned in recent podcasts.

The first was about a group of monks on a journey when a scantily-dressed woman rode by. Most of the monks immediately averted their eyes, but when they turned back, they found that one of their number, far from averting his eyes, was still watching the woman disappearing into the distance. When they questioned him about his actions, he replied, “But how could… [ read more ]

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