SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“It is easy to fall into despair when the deepest desires of our hearts go unfulfilled. When that happens, we suffer but also have an...

“As we look to the scriptures, with the crucified and exalted Christ as our starting point, we can, only now, recognize that the world...

“If we look inside ourselves and try to see our tendencies, we will easily notice that we already have a developed habit of condemning...

“For the inability of human personhood to be ekstatic towards what is outside creation and thus to unite nature in personhood leads to...

“It is of note to me that there is a great darkness associated with God in some presentations of the Christian faith, enough to drive...

“For in a very real sense no general ‘man’ – be he American or any other – no ‘society’, no ‘culture’ has at any time truly accepted...

“Christ then appears through shut doors in the midst of them and tells them one thing: ‘Peace be with you.’ For these to be the first...

“…Chrysostom understands original sin not in terms of inherited or personal guilt but in terms of an inherited mortality that causes...

“… Paul had more than his share of “tribulation.” The root of the Greek word has to do with “pressure” that presses us down. That is,...

“Since man is “called to be a god” (i.e. was created to become a god), as long as he does not find himself on the path of Theosis he...