Acedia is our modern-day dragon — the desert fathers and mothers named it “the Noonday Devil.” What is it, really? And how do we fight it? Tsh talks with Harrison Garlick, a Deacon with the Diocese of Tulsa, to unpack the ladder of love we have to climb to slay our dragon.

• Host: Tsh Oxenreider

• Guest: Dcn. Harrison Garlick

• Harrison’s podcast, Ascend: The Great Books Podcast

• The Intellectual Life, by AG Sertillanges

• The previous episode: Flourishing & Acedia

• Create Your Rule of Life

• Buy a round of drinks

• Recommended reads

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