Mar 11, 2018 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
In the beginning was the myth. —1st sentence, Peter Camenzind When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord”, he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said,...
Mar 6, 2018 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book Edited by Robyn Wrigley-Carr Foreward by Eugene Peterson SPCK: London, 2018 Evelyn Underhill was, in many ways, the Thomas Merton of the 1st half of the 20th century, and the recent publication of her "Prayer...
Feb 22, 2018 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review of Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2018) – by Ron Dart From now on, everybody stands on his own feet “Marxism and Monastic...
Feb 12, 2018 | Author - Ron Dart
Thomas Merton, Orthodoxy and Alaska: A Patristic Vision of Unity – Ron Dart If I can unite in myself the thought and the devotion of Eastern and Western Christendom, the Greek and the Latin Fathers, the Russians with the Spanish mystics, I can prepare in myself the...
Feb 5, 2018 | Author - Ron Dart
The BEATITUDES (Matthew 5:3-12) – Translation by Ron Dart The Divine Life is for those who die to the demands of the ego. Such people will inhabit the Kingdom of Heaven. The Divine Life is for those who have lived through tragedy and suffering. Such people will...