Behind Scenes
This week saw the publication of the fifty-second and last episode of Desert Fathers. This project has marked my year profoundly – and it has been sheer joy. The initiative was Jamie Baxter’s. He invited me some years ago to accompany the programme Exodus90, whose founder he is, in 2025. I suggested I might base my contributions on sayings of the Desert Fathers. The more we discussed the material, the more Jamie was convinced that this should be an autonomous series; and so it happened. It has been a privilege to work with Jamie, Doyle, and the others at Exodus90 as well as with Anthony, Pål, and the others at EWTN. Work on the series has shown how surprisingly easy it can be to pull off a major project when there is cheerful good will, a sense of mission, and readiness for hard work on all sides, carried by trust in God’s providence. I look back on this year with much gratitude and recommend this little video, released today, that gives an overview of the series.
