Confession and Guidance is written informally, intentionally. It is not filled with extensive quotes or verses, and is written mostly in first-person voice. The reason for this is that it is meant to reflect what guidance is supposed to personal. Something gets lost when some things that are not meant to be academic become academic. It seems important that this book remains casual. With a topic like spiritual guidance, so much is subjective. Speaking formally may cause a wrong sense of being too prescriptive on the one hand, or too presumptuous on the other.
A wonderful and a must-read! Father Anthony Paul discusses repentance, confession, guidance, sin, and righteousness from an orthodox healing/restorative perspective rather than from a judicial perspective. Very practical book and an easy read too