And Our Parishes Are Not Ethnic Enclaves “The unity of the Church overcomes all barriers and frontiers, including racial, linguistic and social differences. The message of salvation is to be proclaimed to all nations in order to bring them into one fold, to unite them by the power of faith
Yet Our God Never Abandons Us Even though we seem overpowered by temptations, God never abandons us. God knows how our weakness makes us vulnerable, yet never allows us to be tempted beyond our ability to resist. We sometimes feel as though we were beasts of burden, carrying loads that
The Church is a family, not a political party.
The Enemy Are Not Armies, But Demons Many people are convinced we are living in the end times. They look to changes in the earth’s climate, ever more disastrous storms and the failing economy, as well as the political upheaval in our land, as signs of the end times. Coupled
I’ve Never Met an Atheist! The young man announced at the beginning of a college class that he was an atheist. I’d been invited as a guest lecturer, and had opened the talk with the observation that everyone has a nous that hungers for God. This young man took exception,
Not all roads lead to Rome.
A Bad Attitude Impacts the Way We Live Our attitude has an impact that can keep us from growing spiritually. A bad attitude impacts the way we live, and hurts those around us, negatively influencing our family, our friends, and our church community. We must commit ourselves to keeping a
So you want your sight, do you? Be careful what you pray for!
So Many Young People Living Without Hope or Purpose Back in the early 1970’s, I attended a talk by an Indian guru, in Berkeley, CA. Having previously given up my Christian faith as something irrelevant, I was hungry for an inner life. Like many of my contemporaries, I’d rejected much
What About People Who are not Orthodox? It is always a pity when people who claim to be Orthodox make judgements against fellow Christians. In the tradition of Orthodoxy, wherever we find beauty and truth, it is of God, and it is our calling, as Orthodox Christians, to rejoice when