True Christianity – Be converted
We need to be converted to Christianity, to life in Christ. It doesn’t matter if you were born into a…
Holy Women – Saint Hilaria
As I proposed online a little while ago, I wish to research and write a series of posts about the…
Give true life another chance
I am always concerned by those who are notionally Orthodox, who attend Orthodox services still, for a variety of reasons,…
Dangerous teaching – T.D. Jakes
I was disturbed to see the teaching of T.D. Jakes being promoted by Orthodox Christians recently. When we follow the…
Loneliness and Union with God
Every time I read something by Father Anthony Paul I am inspired. I have yet to meet him face to…
Essence and Energies
I recently taught a little on this subject drawing on the Patristic materials. These are some notes, but the subject…
Mind your language!
No, I am not reflecting on the use of various languages in the services of the Church, though that is…
If we really value our youth…
If we really value our youth then it seems to me that we need to orient our service so that…
What’s the point of it all?
Whenever our lives are touched, however tangentially, with the tragedy that seems to be endemic in the world, and which…
Judging by Appearances
It’s easy to judge people by appearances. It saves a lot of time, and at some level it makes a…