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Sunday Flow

Iain McGilchrist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and the joy of the Divine Liturgy

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Dec 19, 2021
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Christ pulling Adam and Eve from the grave (Chora Church, Istanbul)

Wonderful time at church this morning. Prior to my healing at Montesiepi, Sunday liturgy was typically the most painful time of the week for me. Why? Because I was tormented by nostalgia for the past, making the hour and a half I spent in God’s presence particularly painful. I felt acute…

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