Desert Fathers

Chosen by Andrew Arndt, author of “Streams in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers.”

What early Christian ascetics teach us about the strange hope of Lent.

‘Vainglorious’, that is. Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung examines an obscure vice that entraps us all.

Out-of-this world commitment from people who seem less committed than ever.

Gwen Shamblin, founder of the Weigh Down diet, has already been compared to the desert monks because her ideas link physical hunger and spiritual hunger. Now she can be compared to another early church figure, Arius, because her Christology is getting her

A short biography of the “Pugnacious Defender of Orthodoxy.”

How a rich and carefree man relinquished everything to follow Christ.