Yet, even with this wonderful experience of Gods help and protection, many of us come out of the furnace reeking of smoke. In other words, we come out of trials and tribulations with the stink of ...
Most of the time, we seem unable bear this responsibility. We need a scapegoat, and by hook or crook, we often find one, for a time at least. Eventually, when we commit more or different wrongs, we ...
To hear some Christians talk you would think they had a “hot-line to God.” They are so convinced that God is in daily, direct communication with them, to suggest otherwise would be to compromise on ...
Well, no one wants to be corrected. NO ONE! Our pride is too big for that. I want, I need to believe that I am a good man, that I have figured it out, that I am on the right path, loved and esteemed ...
There is a certain type of religious piety that sets my teeth on edge. I thought, at one time, I would have only encountered this outside the Orthodox Church, but sadly, no. Occasionally some ...
Has there ever been a parish council free from conflict? Who has not experienced rancorous divisions among fellow parishioners? Who does not know Orthodox families who have gone through acrimonious ...
For us Americans, we might pray for a spirit that quenches the lust for money. We never have enough of it. We feel that it’s the answer to all problems. We are made to imagine what a person could do ...
The word Cassian uses for self-esteem (kenodoxia in Greek) is rendered as vainglory in the King James translation of the Scriptures. Whereas the word orthodoxy can mean “right glory,” a literal ...
I started thinking about this seriously the other day. How much do I really want to spend eternity ceaselessly praising God? I know for sure that I don’t want to be WITHOUT Him, just as I know I ...
