The unhurried work
of becoming like Christ.

The restless heart

Augustine in the garden at Milan

For years Augustine had everything the world prizes — a brilliant mind, a professor's chair in Milan, a reputation that opened doors across the empire. And for years he was miserable, dragged about by appetites he could not master and questions he could not answer. He had even prayed the famous half-prayer — make me pure, but not yet — wanting God and his old life at the same time.