The Creation Theology Fellowship

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Earth, Water & Fire: Three Classical Elements of Desert Spirituality

by David Valerio I. Introduction My book, sir philosopher, is the nature of created things, and it is always at hand when I wish to read the words of God. (Evagrius, para. Praktikos 92) Stereotypically, the monastic life is perceived as entailing a rejection of the world. In this view, the select men and women who left society in order to enter the wilderness did so in order to save their own souls, unencumbered by temptations from interactions with other created beings. While there is some truth to this, it doesn’t imply that the Desert Monastics detested Creation. In fact, the spirituality of the desert was marked by a profound reverence for Earth. It was embodied, practical, and deeply concerned with the monk’s harmonious relationship with the natural world. To partake in the divine nature and enter into union with God, the monk had to commune with the created world

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Devotional

Week 1 Day 4

And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. (Gen 1:14-19) According to many ancient pagans, the heavenly bodies (the sun, the moon, the planets, and

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Devotional

Week 1 Day 3

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (Gen 1:9-13) God covers the earth in countless gifts for us. Even singular tree includes many fruits for us, and the earth is covered

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