Father James S. Behrens, OCSO News & Columns
The late Trappist Father James Stephen Behrens was a monk at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers and longtime contributor to The Georgia Bulletin.
Father James S. Behrens, OCSO
“The right place”
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“The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.” Patti Smith Monastic life has as its aim the transformation of the heart. Young people often ask me how it came to be that I entered the monastery at a later point in my life. I was 48 years old […] English
Previous Columns by Father James S. Behrens, OCSO
A New Year
The play at St. Malachy’s
In thanksgiving
A time to weep
The feast of All Saints
John the Baptist
Across Lake Pontchartrain
A birthday for Brenda
Following Jesus
The desk calendar
‘Only for a While’
The flow of words
Obstacles along the way
Gifted with the name Christians
The telling oak
After Easter
The invitation that is Easter
The Irish dreamer
‘Being someone in Lent’