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A solitary life

Barbara Garwood reflects on the role of hermits in the church today

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DOES A HERMIT 'HIDE' FROM THE WORLD?

John Wesley once said, "Christianity is not a religion for solitude and solitary. The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion."

In my church life, I'm used to worshipping and working together in the world. My reflections here come less from personal experience and more from trying to find out what compels someone to withdraw from general society to become a Christian hermit.

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