What Can Contemporary Christians Learn from the Desert Fathers and Mothers?

September 14th, 2022 | 11 min read

I am a working pastor. That means that I have joined the company of those for whom the care of souls is the sum and substance of the job description. It is our life’s preoccupation, our central work.

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Andrew Arndt

Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor at New Life Church East Campus in Colorado Springs, CO and cohost of the Essential Church podcast.

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What Can Contemporary Christians Learn from the Desert Fathers and Mothers?

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