Winn Collier — On François Fénelon

Nathan Foster talks with Winn Collier about the penetrating and practical spiritual wisdom of 17th-century archbishop and writer François Fénelon.

Show Notes 

[3:42] Could you share a little about Fénelon? 

[10:35] There’s almost a level of pain that one needs to feel in order to find the comfort... I wonder if it's a season of life, if you’re in a space where you’re really needing a kind of brokenness.

[11:57] I would go beyond identifying [pain]... It’s giving a map.

[13:26] Do you know his influences, what shaped him in his life?

[15:18] What were you hoping to do with the book?

[16:45] What did you learn from the project?

[19:56] Do you get any indication that he was a person of joy?

[21:28] You can dip in anywhere in his letters ... I will usually read one at a time and just sit with it, reading it multiple times before moving to another one. Am I doing it right?

[23:07] Thoughtful, honest pastor—this reminds me of another friend of ours beyond the grave. How would you connect him with Eugene Peterson? Would you?

[24:17] How are things with the Eugene Peterson Center?

Resources

• Let God: Spiritual Conversations with François Fénelon, by Winn Collier
• Let Go, by François Fénelon
• A Burning in My Bones, by Winn Collier
• Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination