Michael Serves as Retreat Speaker at St. Haralambros in Niles, IL
Had a wonderful time serving as the retreat speaker at Holy Taxiarhai and Saint Haralambos yesterday. What a wonderful community. It was...
Theosis/Union with God
“Our quest for communion with the everlasting God reorients our vision, directing it toward the eternal destiny of all mankind. We...
God's Ways
“God’s ways always exceed our comprehension and our capacity to predict…God’s ways ultimately defy our human reasoning and calculations…...
God's Will and Obedience
“Only an obedient heart can truly pray, for the end of prayer is not speaking to God, but hearing and heeding what He is saying back to...
Questioning
""Independent thinking is an important goal of our education system. We want our children to grow up thinking for themselves so that they...
Faith (as an Adventure)
“…an open-ended obedience to God’s call constitutes the nature of true faith. First, we obey. Only afterward do we grasp what God...
St. George Lenten Lecture Series
As part of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George (Bethesda, MD) lecture series, Michael delivered two lectures on Wednesday March 14:...
Praying in Jesus' Name
"…the Name Jesus as His proper Name is ontologically connected with Him. For us it is the bridge between ourselves and Him [cf. Jn....
Warrior
“Christ said it in a timely fashion: that in this life we must be warriors, even within our own family; our own people will behave as...
Example
“Today, there are more words and books and fewer living examples...Example is the most powerful rhetoric” (St. Paisios the Athonite,...