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 anger. Write down what you were thinking or what memories…
Discipleship Course – Day 21
Reflection There are the crowds who have accompanied Jesus from Bethany, where he had been staying with Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, and we can…
Discipleship Course – Day 20
Reflection We can be glad that the Lord Jesus is willing to make many and every effort to reach each one of us. He goes out many times into the…
More about being angry
We have thought that anger often has a cause in us not having what we want, or expected, or losing something that we had. It can be trivial, it can…
Discipleship Course – Day 19
Reflection The rich young man holds Jesus in high regard, and comes running to him, and kneels before him in the position of a student before a master. He calls…
Why am I angry?
The great spiritual fathers of the Church have insight into every aspect of human psychology and spirituality. At the beginning of the life of the Church they were able to…
Discipleship Course – Day 18
Reflection Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? What sort of question is that for any followers of Jesus to ask? Of course I am sure that the…
Quietness and Prayer
It is in silence that the first signs of the life of prayer reveal themselves. The Spirit of God does not force Himself upon us. He is gentle as a…
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 during the late 70s and early 80s, in my late…
Discipleship Course – Day 17
Reflection When the Lord Jesus revealed himself transfigured, he was manifesting that divine glory which im-penetrated his humanity, but which in a divine humility he kept veiled from sight. His…