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Bonfire Saints: The Ox and the Restless Heart

bepanneton
Jul 5
1 min read
a First-person view of a small bonfire in a mountain glen, with two other chairs empty, waiting for guests. Put mountains in the background as well. Make it look like the person viewing the image IS sitting in one chair and waiting for their guests to arrive.
The fire's lit. Pull up a chair and bring your questions

Imagine this...


It's late.

The fire is crackling.

The stars are overhead.

Across the flames sit two men who changed Christian history.


One says,

"Our hearts are restless until they rest in God."


The other replies,

"Let's reason it through."


St. Augustine.

St. Thomas Aquinas.


Now imagine...

You get to ask the first question.

  • What do they say about suffering?

  • About AI?

  • About anxiety?

  • About marriage?

  • About raising children?

  • About politics?

  • About becoming a saint in a distracted world?


That's why I built Bonfire Saints.


Not another chatbot.


A study companion built from over 11,000 pages of the writings of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.


No hot takes.

No shouting.

No clickbait.

No social media theology.

Just timeless wisdom from two of the Church's greatest minds—ready whenever you are.


So...

Pull up a chair and click this link;

The fire's lit. Bring your questions.



You can also access the Bonfire Saints by visiting the home page and scrolling down to Bonfire Saints: The Ox and the Restless Heart


The title is a play on Aquinas’s nickname, the "Dumb Ox," and Augustine’s famous quote about the restless heart

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