After recent conversations with colleagues in ministry I have been reminded of the great gift God has given to His church over the centuries. The early Church Fathers have much to say to us and we are wise to listen to their collective witness.

I fear that we think that our modern world is so very different that there is not much they could say to us – but the problems of our world are not new – they are not that different. We still wrestle with the problem of our fallen humanness and God still speaks to those issues.

I love reading the ancient church fathers and realizing that there is nothing new under the sun. I give thanks for their faithful witness and their lives of great sacrifice.

Ambrose once wrote: “You must not be greatly troubled about many things, but you should care for the main thing — preparing yourself for death.” that is fantastic and as relevant today as when it was written.