Life in Christ frees us to build intimacy with integrity
If fantasy is “pornography of the mind”, does that mean we shouldn’t read Lord of the Rings?
Seeing the title: you might say, what? Is he saying that all imagination and fantasy is pornographic? Well — what do we think about imagination? Have a quick look through your Bible or in the ascetic Fathers for something about the imagination and you may be surprised. There’s a good chance you won’t find the word “imagination” in… [ read more ]
What does venerating the cross teach us about how to deal with our addictions and habitual sins?
From the beginning of this series, I’ve been talking about how seeing iconographically — seeing with the eye of the heart, the nous — changes everything. Last time, I talked about the way in which repentance is the context in which the eye of the heart can be opened enabling us to see truly — to begin to perceive… [ read more ]
Lust is the decaying body of love without its soul. How does seeing iconographically help to move us past lust and into love?
Last time I talked about the theological significance of marriage and finding the fulfilment of our deepest desires in union with God, emphasizing that our desires are not there to be killed but to be transformed — changed from desires that miss the mark and can never be sated into desires that… [ read more ]
