The Promise in Leaf Buds
Were seasons to last years, and the full cycle of them a decade, still we could look upon a simple maple tree on the harshest winter day and witness the glowing red leaf buds. They are both a promise...
View ArticleThe Oppression of Idleness
“Be on your guard against idleness, O beloved, for it conceals a sure death… On [Judgement] Day, God will not judge us about psalmody, nor for the neglect of prayer, but because by abandoning them we...
View ArticleFaith – Works – Salvation
A while back, I published a blog on Faith vs. Works. It wasn’t very good and it received some much needed criticism for its lack of patristic insight. So, I thought I would give it another shot....
View ArticleFinding Soteriological Harmony
Why Did Christ Die on the Cross? That question plagued me when I was exploring Orthodoxy years ago. I could find no satisfactory answer from anyone. There is a certain amount of discomfort that modern...
View ArticleFrom Scars to Beauty
Below is a homily I wrote for the Publican (taxcollector) and Pharisee parable found in Luke 18:9-14: Today’s parable of the Publican and Pharisee shows us there are two types of people: those who are...
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