Archive - Life Sentences

Be a repentant Pharisee

Meditations on a hard parable

May 16 •

April 2025

Life-Giving Death

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Episode 11: Fight wrath with love

Using anger properly while avoiding vainglory and pride

Mar 30 •

1:06:14

Episode 10: Restrain your sensual desires

Learning to defend the tripartite soul

Mar 10 •

1:10:13

January 2025

Episode 9: Get to know your demons

Listen now | Evagrius describes the eight primary temptations

Jan 15 •

1:25:41

December 2024

Contemplating contemplation

Wishing you a very blessed Christmas feast

Dec 26, 2024 •

Episode 8: Love, desire, pleasure, passion

Listen now | Introducing Evagrius Ponticus

Dec 18, 2024 •

1:06:45

November 2024

Seeing self-evident truth

Beauty unlocks the vision of the nous

Nov 10, 2024 •

Episode 7: Know God in wonder

John Cassian on contemplating God and discerning thoughts

Nov 3, 2024 •

1:02:54

October 2024

Disentangling mind-body dualism

Don't put Descartes before the horse

Oct 27, 2024 •

You're not a mortal container

Learn to inhabit yourself properly

Oct 14, 2024 •

The fire of the Logos

Burning the wood of the Cross

Oct 7, 2024 •

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