For decades I have been animated by the question: in what ways does modern life affect the spiritual life of modern people, and what can we do about it? My doctoral dissertation (The Theological Anthropology and Cosmology of C.S. Lewis: An Orthodox Christian Evaluation) was inspired by this question, for in order to properly answer…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “The Christian needs to avoid sickly spirituality, as much the feeling of superiority for one’s virtue as the feeling of inferiority for one’s sinfulness. To have a complex is one thing, to be humble is quite another. Melancholy is one thing, repentance something else.” ~ St. Porphyrios, Precious Vessels of the Holy…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “God appointed the salvation of the world to His Son and not to us…. We must first look at our soul and if we can, let’s help five or six people around us.” ~ Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos), Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Advice for Beginners – Archbishop Mark…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “God appointed the salvation of the world to His Son and not to us…. We must first look at our soul and if we can, let’s help five or six people around us.” ~ Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos), Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Gentleness as a Mindset (+ “Vocation?”)…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “I do nothing but sow the seeds of monasticism and of mission, though without a strategy. I pray that God will reveal the appropriate farmer to scientifically cultivate whatever I have sown, as I don’t have knowledge of the art of spiritual cultivation. I see that God has now chosen Patmos as…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “The Christian needs to avoid sickly spirituality, as much the feeling of superiority for one’s virtue as the feeling of inferiority for one’s sinfulness. To have a complex is one thing, to be humble is quite another. Melancholy is one thing, repentance something else.” ~ St. Porphyrios, Precious Vessels of the Holy…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “We are not sanctified by the place in which we live, but by the way we live. We may be on the Holy Mountain but, in our thoughts, be in the world. Or we may be here [in the world] in body, but noetically on the Holy Mountain. If someone is a…
Orthodox Wisdom Newsletter “Continue to walk the path you are walking. Do not think that the cassock and the holy habit save a person. No, first come the good works of God, humility, obedience, love, charity.” ~ St. George of Drama, Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit 🎥 Latest Video: Misconceptions Regarding the Clergy-Laity Relationship?…
🤠 PARTNER: https://social.protectingveil.com/support This is the fifth episode from my interview with Father John Behr, who is Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He previously taught at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, where he served as Dean from 2007-17; he is also the Metropolitan Kallistos Chair of Orthodox Theology at the Vrije Universiteit of…
🤠 PARTNER: https://social.protectingveil.com/support This is the second episode from my interview with Orthodox educator and non-profit founder, John Heers. FTF tagline: “Generating momentum for the poor by assisting local visionaries in their quest for a better life.” 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell: https://social.protectingveil.com/youtube In this episode, John Heers discusses his non-profit aid organization, First…
