Growing in Christ Shaped in His Image

Mother Raphaela (Wilkinson)

ISBN 10: 0881412538 / ISBN 13: 9780881412536

Published by St Vladimirs Seminary Press, New York, 2003

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109 p.

Seller Inventory # 004955

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing in Christ Shaped in His Image
• Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881412538
• ISBN 13: 9780881412536
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology

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Synopsis

A sequel to Living in Christ: Essays on the Christian Life by an Orthodox Nun, this volume continues the practical, insightful, and hard-hitting counsel of the Orthodox abbess of the Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery in Otego, New York. Obtaining maturity in Christ is a theme that runs throughout the work, and St Paul's admonition to '... come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ' (Eph 4:13) appropriately describes the tone of the book. Mother Raphaela assesses and addresses all the failings and spiritual detours that keep us from having the character of our Lord Jesus Christ everything from false piety to heads swollen with knowledge. She also emphasizes the molding of character within community, where rough edges and prideful independence are transformed into graciousness and service to the neighbor. In the process, the reader will discern that the sins she speaks to are none other than those with which she has struggled herself, some admittedly, and some veiled in poetic statements: How can you rule and govern when you have not experienced being ruled and governed?

About the Author

Mother Raphaela is abbess of Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery in Otego, New York. Drawing on her experience inside and outside monastic life, her practical wisdom crosses the boundaries of the monastic community and is valuable to anyone trying to walk a Christian path.