Repentance in a time of Crisis
What do we do when the doors of the Church are closed to us, and it seems that everyone around…
Do we love the Bible?
It seems to be very easy to be busy in service, and even in theological studies, and to have a…
Overcoming the Desire of the Flesh
St John Cassian teaches about sinful desires Our second struggle is against the demon of unchastity and the desire of…
Some more about being angry
In the last post on anger, I asked readers to… Write down what was happening when you started to feel…
More about being angry
We have thought that anger often has a cause in us not having what we want, or expected, or losing…
Why am I angry?
The great spiritual fathers of the Church have insight into every aspect of human psychology and spirituality. At the beginning…
Quietness and Prayer
It is in silence that the first signs of the life of prayer reveal themselves. The Spirit of God does…
Orthodoxy and the Holy Spirit
I would like to speak briefly about Orthodoxy and the Holy Spirit. I grew up in an evangelical community and…
If God is love… why Hell?
If God is Love, why Hell, “Purgatory”, Judgement, Eternal Punishment, Darkness and the Lake of Fire? I want to speak…
I am the Door of the Sheep
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.…