Asceticism
“There is a kind of moral person with a passion for cleanliness, who runs to confession because for him any little spot is unbearable,...
Spiritual Nourishment
“The food and drink of nature sustains natural life, and only natural life. A few years ago on a warm summer afternoon I was sitting on...
Behavior
“While St Paul uses language which distinguishes between the ‘spiritual’ human and the ‘natural’ or ‘carnal’ human, he still holds to a...
Home
“Christianity demands that the family be a small church…Our home is a little church, and creating the right sort of context and...
Gifts and Talents
“It’s impossible to harvest the fields with a shovel, or to hammer with a sickle, or to build with a knife, or to dig with a saw… but...
Mystery and Revelation
“The word “apocalypse” means “to remove the veil from that which is hidden, that which is in darkness, that which is covered.” It’s the...
Powerlessness
“Without turning to God, without regular prayer, confession and Communion we will always be powerless before our sins.” (Priest Alexei...
Oppression
“Yahweh does not respect persons … It is because of His own character and their responsibility to bring about His justice that the judges...
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...