SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“What does it mean to be “called”? It is striking that the same Greek word and its derivatives are used throughout the passage. The Greek...

“Stillness of the heart is the practice of quieting yourself to such a degree that you can finally come to hear the voice of God clearly...

“Eve and Adam decide the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is more desirable than their relationship to God. God told...

“Forgiveness is not a feeling. You do not get instant gratification from it. It is, instead, a decision we make as an act of our will.”...

“So the criteria by which we are judged is our acts of love, or our lack of these acts of love. Through these acts of charity such as...

“...mere outward confession of sin is not what God desires, but an inward change of heart.” (Orthodox Study Bible, 1 Kingdoms 15:24-26)...

“To know the world in such a way that one can touch the surface but also reach through the outer facets to the love that pulses in all...

“In literature and in art, we call the inversion of two elements a “chiasm,” from the Greek letter Chi (Χ) that can be physically traced...

“…the foremost issue facing us in this life is the state of our relationship with God. And yet this relationship with God is...

“Sorrows are the best harbingers of the will of God, and from the beginning of the age they have served as a sign of God’s election. God...