The Sayings of the Desert Fathers storeCost_9.6 and carry it quickly to

and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them

these stories will capture your children's attention and help you pass along to them five more great stories of faith

" so that they become truly human

yet they all have the same theme: each wanted more from his Christian worship and faith

as Professor Brock notes in his introduction

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers storeCost_9.6 and carry it quickly to[short]Translated by Benedicta Ward, Pages: 248[ short][long] During the fourth and fifth centuries, the laboratories for Christian monasticism were in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Arabia. Many of these desert communities emphasized prayer as a life continually attuned to God. Monks and hermits practiced solitude, silence, hospitality, asceticism, fasting, and charity. These desert fathers and mothers, the abbas and ammas, gave advice and counsel to