In the state of acedia, Snell explains, one «abhors what God has given, namely, reality and its limits of order.» (firstthings.com)
I feel now that I have named it in acedia as well as how to grapple with my tendencies. (sarahbessey.com)
It's probably the prairie kid thing, combined with the evangelical - mutt thing, but when acedia slinks into my soul, spreading into every corner of my life with an ooze, when my mind is fuzzy and apathetic, when I'm listless and worn out, burned out, on religion and parenting and marriage and family and everything about my life, I get to the daily, methodical, healing goodness of real work. (sarahbessey.com)