Shame
“Shame, I think, is the broader name for the energy of the soul that senses our proper limits in our relationships with God and man in...
Lent
“The first evidence of Great Lent is found in the Paschal Letter 2 of Athanasius the Great (297- 372), Patriarch of Alexandria, dated to...
Spiritual Warfare
“So, attention is the central point of spiritual warfare, the focus of Christian life, the criterion and measure of salvation of the...
Identity
“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...
Fire and Light
“God is consuming fire. When an object touches fire, it is changed: either it is burned up, or it is tempered. So too, a man, in touching...
Enemies
“To love persons is not to love their crimes. To love a human is to love a creature of God; to love crimes is to pursue the inventions of...
Self-Centeredness
“It would seem that we are back to the very beginning with the serpent in Eden—the first Gnostic?—whispering that God is not a good God...
Human Beings (Becoming Fully Human)
“The Creator existentially contradicts the ancient and modern lie that leads mankind on the impossible quest to know everything. The...
Heart (Change of)
“...mere outward confession of sin is not what God desires, but an inward change of heart.” (Orthodox Study Bible, 1 Kingdoms 15:24-26)...
Kenosis (Self-Emptying)
“In Christian theology Jesus Christ is said to be the perfect human. This is partly why we are called to imitate him (1 Cor 11:1) if we...