PREFACE 9
A GENTLE SHRUB AND FRUITFUL BOUGH 15
GREEN YOUTHFUL YEARS, MATURE THOUGHT 21
DECISION MAKING 27
SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES AND FIRST FRUITS 33
BELOVED OF GOD (THEOPHILES) 41
THE OLD DESERTED FOT 47
APOSTLE AND MARTYR 55
THE COBBLER AND SKY AS TEACHERS 63
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE DESERT 59
MEETING WITH ABBA PAUL 79
SUNSET 87
A SMALL GLOSSARY 97