November 6, 2018 79 0 Where Are We Laying up Our Treasure? Here’s a quick quiz for you. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy…
November 1, 2018 122 0 Precentor or Choir Conductor: What’s the Difference? There is a huge difference between a precentor and a choir conductor. A real conductor doesn’t need a diploma—it’s not my own phrase but…
October 23, 2018 161 0 A Wasted Day: Three Main Symptoms The Encounter If you haven’t had an encounter with God, you might have wasted your day. We’ve got to be looking for Him…
October 17, 2018 166 0 Patriotism: What Role Does It Play for Orthodox Christians and Their Faith? We’re all for it! Patriotism is a good thing: loving, treasuring one’s homeland and people, a sense of belonging, our own way of doing…
October 16, 2018 121 0 What Is a Prophetic Dream, and What Does the Church Think about It? Sleep is a natural process, vital for every human’s body. The Book of Ecclesiastes claims that “a dream cometh through the multitude of business”…
October 15, 2018 85 0 Anatomy of the Soul. Virtues and Vices: Judgement The Gospel invites us to examine ourselves, scrutinize our own sins, and notice the beams sticking out of our own eyes. Elder Ambrose of…
October 12, 2018 92 0 Are We Attentive Enough to Reach Salvation in Digital Culture? The Distracted Life Having promised us a technological utopia, our ubiquitous and intrusive cyber-culture has instead precipitated a spiritual crisis in which human…
October 10, 2018 56 0 Why We Cannot Just Have “God Within” Ourselves? Popular New Age thought postulates that everyone has a “god within.” It’s a pleasant way of saying that we’re all special while making “god”…
October 8, 2018 143 0 St. Sergius of Radonezh as the Example of True Christian Humility A child was born in Varnitsa, Russia, to his parents Cyril and Mary. He was their second child, and they named him Bartholomew. Doubtless…
October 7, 2018 318 0 What Christian Tradition Says on the Role of Our Body and Cremation At the dawn of Christianity, when the pagan religions were still dominating the world, the few Christians that were living in the Roman Empire…