Profiles on people who rejected society to live in celibate isolation, intense poverty, and long periods with minimal food isn’t too appealing on the surface. But, Farag’s exploration of this particular spiritual movement in Christianity’s early days appears deeply connected to the Gospels and Epistles in practice. The author challenges the notion of hermits as shunners of others and instead gives clear examples of how these acetics showed hospitality to one another and to anyone who sought them out or encountered them by chance. The conclusion is clear: radical hospitality and open invitation are the greatest call of spiritual practice in an otherwise cloistered life.