Love (Abundant)
“The God revealed in the Bible has endowed creation with overflowing beauty. This God is not characterized by utility but by abundant...
Suffering (Sharing in Others Suffering)
“The godly suffer, in part, so that having experienced God's comfort they in turn can comfort others. Thus, Paul shows the fallacy in his...
Foundations
“God structures the world so that love for others is the true foundation of every flourishing human interaction. True and loving acts...
Faithlessness
“The human being of today, particularly the one who lives in the most economically and culturally developed areas of the world, faces a...
Healing (Delays In)
“Sometimes God heals us in a single prayer, but ordinarily it requires a gradual series of prayers, combined with the human advice, love...
Spiritual Warfare and Thought
“Even if we do not constantly struggle against “murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” (Matthew 12:19),...
Form/Formalism
“Being created by and for God, it is only in Him that our lives acquire lasting joy and meaning.…True Christian life begins and ends with...
Grace (and Blindness)
“God and man then possess in common an uncreated energy and life, the One being the Source, and the other the vessel of grace.” (St....
Power and Authority
On Friday, July 10 at 7 pm, Michael taught a Zoom class to people for the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral Community called, Power and...
Invest
“God gives us time, gifts, and other resources according to our abilities, and He expects us to invest them wisely until He returns. We...