Kingdom of God/Heaven
“The mystery of the Kingdom of God is made known to a heart that asks, that seeks, that knocks. It is a heart that has returned to the...
Persistence in Prayer
“We all struggle to persist in prayer…Mercifully, Christ aids us in our labors at prayer. Our King and God presents us with three types...
Inner/Outer Life
“Inner watchfulness is a primary element of our life in Christ, and far more important than following outward events. Our Lord makes this...
Holy Spirit
“Because the early Church treated the entire period from Pascha-Ascension-Pentecost as one 50 day feast, they did not separate the...
Stewardship and Creation
“…mankind’s God-given mission is set forth: “Let them have dominion over . . . all the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Respect and care for God’s...
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...
Spiritual Blindness and Deafness
“There are both different degrees of blindness as well as different kinds of blindness. There is physical blindness in which the eyes...
Wisdom (2)
“… the acquisition of wisdom is always conditional, for God makes wisdom available only when two major “ifs” apply to us: “if [we] call...
Work/Vocations/Callings (Part 3)
“ ‘Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you,...
Deception
“The story of the first sin begins not with a choice, but with a lie. As much as we tend to emphasize “free-will” as the origin and...