Whatever happened to hand-written letters?
I want to share something from Appendix V from the section dealing with spiritual direction for hermits:
Frequent meeting is not desirable, and most questions might be dealt with by correspondence.
Soul-friendship (a much better word for spiritual direction) should be via hand-written letters: sitting down, planning, and then physically writing with a pen. Some people journal – I do with a fountain pen. So a hand-written letter to your soul-friend asking questions, outlining problems, and celebrating “victories” would be a great way for a “hermit” (or anchorite) to receive (and maybe give) spiritual direction. One could keep the letters for later re-reading, say after a year.
What do you think?
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