When I attain holiness, I attain to the fullness of my humanity. I become a complete person in the way that God intended. I must admit that I am tired of my brokenness and would love to be complete ...
Throughout our day, we must always return to that still, quiet spiritual desert within us. We must start our day there, we return to it throughout the day, and we then return there at the end of the ...
An excerpt from the book "A Day of Holy Life, or the Answer to the Question, How Can I Lead a Holy Life" by Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov, +1869).
What do we Orthodox Christians mean when we speak about joy? Is it a good feeling or an upbeat mood? Is it something like my daughter’s silent hug getting stronger each moment? Is it her thrust into ...
If we really wish to expand our Orthodox mission, we must work with all our energy to continue to evangelize and re-evangelize ourselves, studying and praying to make the mind of the Church our own, ...
The spiritual life will make little progress and growth so long as such secret sins remain unnamed and unhealed
Here in this hospital of Orthodoxy, we all fall short of perfection. We are all here because we are sick and hurt. Sin can be an immobilizing infection. But we are called to try to nurture and love ...
What would happen if we treated our Prayer Rope like we treat our cell phone?
