09.14.25 • Excavating the Heart with Evagrius Ponticus • Luke 5:1-11

22/09/2025 27 min
09.14.25 • Excavating the Heart with Evagrius Ponticus • Luke 5:1-11

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In this sermon we start a new series allowing some of the voices from the Philokalia to help us hear the gospel. Today we look at some verses from Luke's gospel alongside of some words from Evagrius Ponticus. We talk about what it means to pray, to pray without distraction, what distractions such as violence, prejudice, bigotry, racism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, and nationalism. God is trying to shake out of us, futility, discouragement, trust, and a song from David Benjamin Blower called "The World is a Reed Flute." May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words. 

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