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....
Secularism
“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...
Logic
“We often attempt to manage God, defining Him by our own logic, creating Him to suit ourselves. In response to such attempts, God...
Holiness
“One of the most encouraging lines of the Divine Liturgy comes shortly before Holy Communion, when the priest says “The Holy Gifts for...
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...
Truth
“Facts are those things that are objectively verifiable—the boiling point of water, the diameter of the Earth, and so on. But even though...
Reductionism
“We live in a culture of statistics – and they hide a lot. They obscure us in the reduction of our lives to generalities. None of us is a...
Intellect/Intellectualism
“To think in a sacramental way about the world basically means two things. Primarily, it means to see the physical and spiritual as...
God's Goodness
“…the serpent implies that God has lied to Eve out of fear and jealousy to prevent her from acquiring the knowledge she desires—a...
Reality
“Everything we can see is in reality calling us to something much deeper, and everything in creation transcends its material existence.”...