Greatness
“To avoid being a stumbling block to anyone, we need to learn meekness and humility. ‘But whosoever will be great among you, let him be...
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...
Suffering (Attention and Focus)
“I believe that the question of innocent suffering and the existence of God may be the most significant and essential question of our...
Self-Examination
“We have said that sins brings death to the soul. It’s hard when the soul of a man dies. But God has the power to raise the dead. This is...
Eternal/Eternity
“In eternity, we will find what we sent there.” (Monk Pimen Vlad) “Thy will, not mine, be done” (Luke 22:42 ). This prayer releases us...
Works (Good Works)
“When the Lord Jesus addresses His disciples openly before a multitude assembled in Roman Palestine, He reminds us that the faithful of...
Sacrifice
“The rejection of egotism, that is, the ability to sacrifice your own interests for the sake of another, is an important and highly...
Heart (Seeing God)
“If you even wonder why you don’t see God, look at your own heart and what’s in it…But God is merciful. The flow of a life between...
Bible/Scripture (Inspiration/Syngery)
“The Fathers understood the Bible to be unlike other texts in that there are always two authors working in synergy to produce each verse:...
Arts
“Bad art doesn’t die thoroughly enough; that’s why it never lives completely, and why bad art is almost always eventually discarded by...
