Incarnation
“ On the day of Christ’s birth, the regular events of human history began to be penetrated by eternal events: the Incarnation, the redemption on the Cross, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the sitting at the Father’s right hand…the Nativity was not properly the beginning of the Life of Christ, but rather a bodily extension of His eternal spiritual presence. His Incarnation was only the means for His entry into the world in order to carry out the strategy designed by God f
Courage
“The Lord allows a man's vices to humble his soul. Perhaps he will turn from them. But courage is one of the general virtues begotten by Wisdom. Courageous people enrich others in virtue.” (Orthodox Study Bible, Proverbs 10:4) “When you think of what it takes to be a Christian, does the word “courage” ever come to mind? The first words that tend to come mind when describing what it takes to be a Christian are usually the obvious ones like faith and trust. Certainly those are
Good and Evil
“An evil person is not someone who is nothing but evil, someone with no redeeming features or virtues whatsoever. An evil person is not a...
Beauty
“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...
Image and Likeness
“…by entering into His created order by means of the Incarnation, God intimately unites Himself to our nature, thereby infusing it with...
Body and Soul/Spiritual and Physical
“That the soul is superior to the body is an assumption based in Hellenistic philosophy and is a bit dualistic as the bible presents...
Nature
“In the created world only the human being combines material and spiritual elements. Human existence is thus differentiated from...
Transcendence
“…our age is haunted. On the one hand, we live under a brass heaven, ensconced in immanence. We live in the twilight of both gods and...
Glimpses
"The divine cannot be easily explained or clearly defined, but yet God is not completely out of reach either; divine mysteries can be...
Longings and Yearnings
“Human beings have an innate sense of transcendence and longing for ultimate reality experienced only in the internal presence of God.”...