SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“…humility is the acceptance of healthy shame in a manner that allows us to see the truth of ourselves as well as the truth of God…Humility is not a virtue in which we think less of ourselves, as in self-denigration. Rather, humility is a strength of the self, an ability to bear our own healthy shame. It allows us to see the excellence and strength of others and not be threatened or shamed. Our well-being does not require the misfortune of others.” (Father Stephen Freeman) “G

“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...

“Bad art doesn’t die thoroughly enough; that’s why it never lives completely, and why bad art is almost always eventually discarded by...

“One of my students came to seminary when he was already middle-aged, after considerable success in the world. This student was later...

“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...

“What were God’s first words, having become man, in His peaching? ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ There are no hopeless...

“But if we have food and clothing, with these let us be content” (1 Tim. 6:8).8 The Lord is always showering His gifts on us, but often...

“…in the sacraments, we are not asking God to make something to be other than it is but to reveal it to be what it truly is…A problem...

“The pride of the mind is much more disastrous than the pride of the will, because the pride of the will can be observed by the mind,...

“That the soul is superior to the body is an assumption based in Hellenistic philosophy and is a bit dualistic as the bible presents...