Love of Self
“From a spiritual perspective, much of what we experience on a moment-to-moment basis, is pathological. That is to say, it is a product...
Worth and Hope
“Those who live with a deep-seated sense of shame experience deep feelings of inadequacy, of being bad and not worthy of the love of...
Personhood
“The teaching of the faith regarding Personhood requires an acceptance of the connectedness of existence. Human sin tends towards...
Freedom (as a gift)
“We relish this concept of unfettered freedom. But, of course, it is absurd, even for a secularist. For whether we choose to admit it or...
Theosis/Union with God (2)
“We are to become Christlike and Godlike for we humans are created in God’s image and likeness. And we become Christlike in accordance...
Weakness
“Although it is not readily apparent, we experience disappointments and hardships first as shame. It is only after the experience of...
Individualism (Modern Notions)
“It is insistence on the individualistic mode of the created that constitutes ‘evil’ and freedom from this mode, self-transcendence in...
Community, Individualism and How to Live
“To be a father means to have a child, and at the same time, to be a son means to have a father. Each term needs the other to have...
Individualism versus Personhood
“When modern people use the term “person,” we mean it as synonymous with “individual.” In other words, we unconsciously assume the...
Existence/Non-Existence
“In times of adversity, we can find solace in the words of St. Isaac the Syrian. He wrote, “In love did He bring the world into...