Life and Death
“Why was the entire dispensation of history and work of Christ necessary? Could not God simply have saved humankind by fiat?...The solution God has provided is to heal our nature from the inside out. By joining His divine, eternal life to human flesh, Jesus Christ has overcome the power of death; hence mortality will be abandoned in the grave when the universal resurrection dawns. If this explanation is not sufficient for the inquirer, ‘Say something like this to reasonable p
Knowing God
“Every human being who comes into this world is unique, and all are given the opportunity to know God.” (Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica) “We...
God's Presence
“I truly felt the presence of God, and this feeling was reflected in my love for going to church… And I didn’t have this religious life...
Purpose
“St. Maximos the Confessor writes about three “incarnations” of the Logos: Creation, the Scriptures, and the God/Man, Jesus Christ. The...
Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“There is a natural pattern of the telos in our genetic reality. DNA is an example of a natural telos, a patterning within us that moves...
Truth
“Facts are those things that are objectively verifiable—the boiling point of water, the diameter of the Earth, and so on. But even though...
Self-Centeredness
“It would seem that we are back to the very beginning with the serpent in Eden—the first Gnostic?—whispering that God is not a good God...
Ego (Self-Will)
“…the opposite of love is ego…love is outwardly focused while ego is inwardly focused. Our little ego continually limits our worldview,...
Breath and Breathing
“I know well from a history of panic attacks that shallow, quickened breath is a symptom of deep distress. I also know well the wild...
Reality
“Everything we can see is in reality calling us to something much deeper, and everything in creation transcends its material existence.”...