✙ hermit bartholomew

Do me a favour:

1. Help me limit our small talk / social chitchat to a minimum

2. Please allow me to decline your invitation to join you for a coffee / lunch / dinner

3. Please allow me to decline your offering of meat, alcohol, pies, cookies, etcetera

You can find more information about this here.

For my help, especially in your prayer life:

As a Roman Catholic priest recently told me: you ought to ask your questions first to your local priest, your protestant reverend, or your other denominational pastor first. Why? Because they are meant to be your spiritual instructor(s), to be your personal shepherd(s), and to be the ones closest to you and to your life and your salvation.

Nonetheless, when you lack such a personal priest, reverend, or pastor, or when you feel you are not getting the full answer(s) you need, then always feel free to ask me your question about prayer, faith, God (+), and / or religion too. As your brother-in-Christ I’ll do it gladly. Anytime, anywhere, and for anyone. And in obedience to Christ, I’ll do it for free.

But don’t forget: in accordance with the tradition, experience, and advice of the Desert Fathers I can only help you when you explicitly ask me to do so.

Also good to know: I don’t mind whether you are a Roman Catholic, an Orthodox, a Protestant, a Jew, undenominational, or a Muslim, Buddhist, or otherwise. Because we are all striving to be part of the one and same extended and eternal family. So you can always contact me through the contact form below, or - if you happen to meet me - ask me in person.

And last-but-not-least:

A donation is never something I expect of you in return for helping you in your religious (prayer) life, neither do I expect it when you ask me for my intercessory prayer, nor for any other religious service you might ask from me. In fact, I try to only expect and rely on God's (+) providence. Looking back on my life, He (+) has always been there for me, as I have been there for others.