Giving Birth To God Within Ourselves As we continue our Lenten journey, this is a time when the Church puts much emphasis on the role of repentance. We strive to go to confession more frequently during Great Lent, just as we’ve increased our level of fasting, and frequency of attending
Category: The Morning Offering
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly There is a lot of good that can be discovered online. Many years ago I was charged by my archbishop with the task of addressing our Diocesan Pastoral Conference on the subject of Fasting According to the Early Church Fathers. Only after having
Holy Week is coming. Will the Kiev Caves Lavra still be holy for it? An urgent request for prayer.
The Limits Of Human Reason And The Knowledge Of God There is the seen, and there is the unseen, the material and the immaterial. That which is material can be scientifically examined and experienced, the immaterial can only be seen and experienced spiritually. These are two worlds that are only
The Communal Nature Of Salvation Salvation is communal by its very nature. The fierce individualism found in much of what claims to be Christianity is in opposition to the Orthodox understanding of faith. The Church as the Body of Christ is where we are united in Christ, becoming part of
Love is more than a feeling. We show up and do the acts of love whether or not the weather of our feelings are clear or cloudy.
The Church Must Proclaim The Good News In All Humility And Love If she is true to herself, the Church acts with an authority that is grounded in love. She holds within her realm the authority to make her people the children of God. She has the authority to forgive,
What Must We Do When We Are Broken? It is only human to become despondent when we have failed in keeping to our moral, ethical and spiritual standards, succumbing, instead, to temptation. Our Orthodox Faith teaches that we must be compassionate towards others, loving, quick to forgive, exemplar in our
Which Type Of Christian Am I? There are two types of Christians. There are those who can say with the Apostle Paul, “I have been crucified with Christ: it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me (Galatians 2:20)”. And then there are those Christians who
What really happens when we die?