Dangerous Pride
“The term translated as “pride” in Orthodox Tradition is the Greek philautia—literally, “love of self.” It does not mean a proper concern...
Love and Suffering
“In Christ’s teaching, suffering is not abolished – it is communed. The Bread we eat is a communion in the broken Body of Christ. The Cup...
Love and Treatment of Others
“Love is the greatest gift of God that man can receive in this temporary world… Burdened with all kinds of problems that, in general, are...
Passing Judgment
“Saint Paul reveals several ways in which we fall into the trap of judging, beyond directly expressing our opinion of others. Clearly,...
Paths
“St. Paul tells us that we are never actually free (not in the sense that we understand). We are always slaves but for the lack of a...
Inclinations
“Our free will gives us either a propensity to virtue, or an inclination to sin…humans are aligned either with mortal Adam or the...
Mirrors
“…we cannot see ourselves accurately simply by looking at ourselves. The soul does not serve as a private mirror. Who and what we are is...
Loving or Hating
“It’s important to understand that when early Christians talked about love, they didn’t just mean a feeling. Their idea of love was...
Invitation
“...God comes into our lives when we invite Him with all our being, opening the gates of our heart from the inside. He will not come...
Moral Perfection
“Imagine the case of a morally perfect human being – one who has never committed an infraction of the “moral law.” To the surprise of...