There is a strange thing that I do from time to time. Occasionally, when I am contemplating how I fell into some sin or am debating some theological topic, I will begin to imagine talking to my confessor priest about it. In the course of this fiction, I will imagine what he would say in return. Now, I am not under the delusion that this is confession or that my mental opinion of what he might say is as authoritative or meaningful as his actual words to me, but I am willing to say that I am blessed by this strange occurrence. It always causes me to catch myself, and say “what am I doing?” It almost always leads me to prayer on the topic of my imaginary discussion.
This morning I received an answer to this prayer in the form of an article from orthodoxinfo.com. Thanks God for this! This article diagnoses me well, coming as I do from a Calvinist background, and helps immensely in the way of teaching me to acquire an Orthodox mind.
