Guilt
“The conscience is a gift God has bestowed on us that tells us when we have sinned against Him and against our neighbor. It calls us to...
Michael interviewed by Cynthia Damaskos of Holistic Christian Life about Overcoming the Negative Voi
Michael's interview with Cynthia Damaskos the Holistic Christian Life, an organization dedicated to helping people live healthy, well...
Repentance (Enemies of and Obstacles to)
“…many people today proudly ignore God…or we expect God to be at our beck-and-call… or…we dismiss repentance as something arcane,...
Ego (Self-Will)
“The world encourages us toward godless self-reliance rather than meek dependence on God…The spirit of contemporary culture is foolish,...
Mary
“Mary's faithful response is that of highest obedience to God. The Incarnation is not only the work of God, but it involves the free...
Lenten Lecture - "Woundedness and Transformation: Encountering Christ as the Wounded Healer&quo
Spoke at Ss. Nicholas, Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Roseland, New Jersey, Friday evening, March 22. Topic is Woundedness...
Secrets
"Acknowledging our weakness we may see in the ugly, disfigured secret places of ourselves the raw material in need of the Holy Spirit."...
Alone
“Everything Christ said and did teaches us the deepest of truths for He is the truth. In carrying His cross to His crucifixion, He is...
Thoughts, Words, Actions, Deeds
“Sins of thought are not an unimportant matter for the Christian, because all that is pleasing to God in us is comprised in thoughts, for...
God's Will (Knowing and Doing)
“The task of any person is to see to it that every act corresponds to the will of God. To do this one must ask God to reveal His plan for...