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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Christian Devotional Classics: The Way of a Pilgrim

August 18, 2013 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Getting to know The Way of the Pilgrim The Way of a Pilgrim was written by an unknown nineteenth-century Russian peasant and tells of his constant wrestling with the problem of 'how to pray without ceasing.' Through his journeys and travels, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more open to the promptings of God. The reader is enriched as he shares these religious experiences in a most humble, simple, and beautiful narrative. -- Summary at the beginning of the Doubleday version of The … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: The Way of a Pilgrim

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: 19th Century, Christian Devotional Classics, depression, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hesychasm, J.P. Moreland, Philokalia, pray without ceasing, Prayer, Russia, serfdom, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Pilgrim Continues His Way, The Way of a Pilgrim, The Way of a Pilgrim And the Pilgrim Continues His Way

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