Perception
“We have within us the beginning of the Divine—the ability to recognize the uncreated God, sensing His presence in our lives and trusting...
Thankfulness
“I find the bits and pieces of everyday life much more precious than the hopes and dreams of an unlived future. Clouds passing in the sky...
Hearing/Listening
“I am becoming increasingly convinced that in our age of inattention, distraction, and scattered focus, the greatest gift we can offer...
Resurrection
“St. Maximus the Confessor describes human beings as a “microcosm,” that is, as the universe (cosmos) made small (micro). This indicates...
Grace
“Grace is the deliverance that God gave the world. When we in the Church say “grace,” we understand this word to mean energy, the...
Participation
“…our modern culture believes that relationships with other people are merely psychological phenomena – they are all in our head. There...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Narrow Way/Gate/Path
“This narrow way that the Church exhorts us to follow, as we all know, is the call to a life of repentance. This repentance is not...
Sin, Nature, and Will
“The worst conclusion to draw is the notion of a “sin nature” (a horrible theological error). A “nature” (by definition) is “what a thing...
Vessel
“Like Paul, we can be the Lord’s “Chosen Vessel.” We can be a container of the Gospel and an instrument of the Word but only if we have...