Eternal/Eternity
“In eternity, we will find what we sent there.” (Monk Pimen Vlad) “Thy will, not mine, be done” (Luke 22:42 ). This prayer releases us...
Arts
“Bad art doesn’t die thoroughly enough; that’s why it never lives completely, and why bad art is almost always eventually discarded by...
Individualism (Modern Notions)
“By offering our time and energy to attend to the mundane matters necessary for the wellbeing of the Church, we grow in love for Him in...
Seeing
“People always seem to be thinking too literally, and Jesus is always moving them from the literal to the spiritual level—to seeing...
Community, Individualism, and How to Live
“So we see dramatized in Genesis the bitter “fruit” of an approach to the interpretation of spiritual realities that attempts to be...
Body and Soul (Unity)
“When a person first comes into being, his or her soul “has committed no sin” and therefore is only culpable for later transgressions....
Cross
“To be made in the image of God is a sign of highest dignity; so high, in fact, that outside of Christ no human being can even be said to...
Weakness
“The second active character in this event [Matthew 26:6-16] is the sinful woman, whom the Church’s tradition and hymns tell us had...
Awareness
“There is an experience of shame that surrounds the self (everybody’s self) that is simply unavoidable. Shame is associated with the...
Individualism versus Personhood
“The Holy Bible and the Church Fathers encourage us to become persons, not individuals. Only then we can be in the likeness of the Holy...