Discipleship
“Most of us accommodate, don’t we? And most of us excuse our behavior because “that’s not my job.” And most of us turn the other way...
Challenges and Choices
“Love is both the greatest gift as well as the greatest challenge in life. It is a challenge to love those who dislike us or who annoy...
Body of Christ
“Christ is never Christ alone, for He incorporates each of us into His body. He shares the resurrection with all those who believe in...
Faith and Thought/Thinking
“Our culture thinks in terms of “thinking” (ratio). However, Christian faith is not a subset or a mode of discursive reason. It is,...
Heart (Good and Bad)
“Real life is lived in the depths of our heart, as is our hell and our paradise. That is where the battle is fought between our good and...
Esoteric Knowledge
“There is something enticing about secrets. In our time, spiritualism, theosophy, New Age spirituality, and the occult claim hidden...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Blasphemy
“Jesus presents a serious logical dilemma for his adversaries – if my miracles are a sign of God’s presence, then why do you not believe?...
Exchange (Blessed)
“…Scriptures proclaim—and the Liturgy celebrates, the Sacraments realize, the Icons depict, the Canons protect, the Martyrs witness, the...
Complacency
“We are lulled into a form of complacency by our culture’s exaltation of “objective” knowledge. We fail to notice that, even in very...