Repentance (and Remorse)
“Remorse consists of an emotional acknowledgement of an error which arises from a subjective identification of the subjective with the...
Prayer (Being Prayer and Living Prayer)
“Prayer is an encounter with God. It’s not just a question of sacred duty, not some kind of religious obligation, and even less is it...
Judgmentalism
“The Apostle Peter exhorts us Christians to be “of one mind” which will require us to have compassion for one another and to forgive...
Hostility
“Too many people today insist on preserving whatever “dividing wall of hostility” they can use to promote their vain desires for power,...
Participation
“…our modern culture believes that relationships with other people are merely psychological phenomena – they are all in our head. There...
Knowing
“True knowledge changes us. “If only I had known,” can also mean, “If only I had been a different person.” Knowledge, in this biblical...
Blame
“St. John Chrysostom writes an encomium of Abraham, pointing out that nothing in his life prepared him for such faithfulness to God. For,...
Promises
“According to Bishop Kallistos Ware, “Faith is not the supposition that something might be true, but the assurance that someone is...
Hope
“Many people indeed live lives of “quiet desperation” simply because they have no hope and cannot imagine where hope would begin. 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...