Geronta, why does the monk renounce the world?
He renounces the world because he loves the world. He does not hate the world. He does not renounce the world because he is arrogant and wants only to save his own soul. It is because he loves the world that he stays away from the world’s parasites in order to attain a better communication with the Lord.
So I stumbled upon this article online: Your Church Is Dying Because You’re Afraid to Do These 6 Things. I was struck by “1. Enter a Time of Corporate Prayer and Fasting”. (And, tbh, the rest is pretty average.) So I was wondering, fasting?
I have also found an interesting article online: The Fall and Rise of Fasting in the British Reformations. It gives a historical English account from the time of the Reformation.
Third I was always wondered by the Book of Common Prayer (1662) includes Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year. And what authority does this have for modern users of the BCP?
So, my question: what role should fasting play in the life of a modern follower of Jesus??
What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?
Wasn’t this a prompt the other day?!
Best advice from me to me is “you do you”. Do not look outside, find the real you inside. Other people are important but do not hitch your wagon to anyone or anything. Be you!
Who are you most inspired by?
Inspire most? I am inspired by a lot of people online. People who are doing it tough but keep going. People who are creative and super talented. Or people who are stepping out and living their dreams. I try to be positive and help!!
But “most” is a person of the past. And it changes! At the moment Franz Kafka since I am reading The Castle. Insightful and creative. And full of warning for today.
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Luke 15:1-7
Jesus will leave the church for the one person?
What’s your top tip to be successful in life?
There is no yesterday and no tomorrow. Live now, be present. The now is all.
And, tbh, I am very far away.
What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?
TV show: The Sopranos or Chernobyl. (I love anything to do with Chernobyl.)
Book: I am Dynamite – book about Nietzsche.
Movie: The Big Lebowski
I use the analogue of an F1 engineer and a person who drives their car. I can drive without being that engineer. I can have faith in Jesus without these scholars.
a fool and his prayer book 