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August 2017

August 25, 2017

Accepting Our Emptiness, We Can Eat the Truth

The needs of the body and the needs of the soul are inter-related. Our body...

August 23, 2017

Creation And The Wisdom Of God

The whole of creation is filled with the glory of God. Even though it is...

August 21, 2017

Discern the Way, Become Truly Rich, Lest You Suffer From Your Poverty of Character

When the poor are oppressed by those with wealth or power, when their weakness and...

August 09, 2017

The One And Us

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“ (Deut. 6:4 RSV). Despite some...

August 07, 2017

Fear And The Love For God

He also said, "Always have the fear of God before your eyes. Remember him who...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Those Who Love God Will Never Disrespect His Creation

In traditional Japanese beliefs and practices, there is a belief in a sacred power, kami,...

July 19, 2017

God Is Justice: To Follow God, We Must Act Through Justice

God, being good, justly distributes his goodness to the world. This is because, as divine...

July 05, 2017

In Realizing The Weakness Of Self-Power, We Open Up To The Real Power Of Love

“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

To Say God, We Must Unsay God

It is one thing to speak about God, it is another thing to speak correctly...

June 26, 2017

Miriam, Sibyl of God

In the ancient world, there were many women oracles, prophetesses for the gods, who would...

June 20, 2017

In Silence, Love Remains

Silence. In our active, daily lives, we should find time to slow down and embrace...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Beauty Found In Difference

In medieval lore, various so-called monsters became famous, with Grendel from Beowulf being one of...

May 26, 2017

Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

The church is called to be universal. It is called to go forth across the...

April 2017

April 17, 2017

On Providence

Providence is an important, albeit, difficult concept to explore. Because we are dealing with the...

April 10, 2017

On The Herculean Jacob

Jacob, who was later renamed Israel, served in himself a representation of all the people...

April 03, 2017

Detach Yourself From What Holds You Back From Following God

A brother renounced the world and gave his goods to the poor, but he kept...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

There Can Be No End Apart From God

One of the more interesting theological debates of the twentieth century came from the question...

March 13, 2017

God’s Omnipotence Is Proven By The Weakness Of Christ

God’s omnipotence transcends human ability to comprehend it. When we think about it, contemplating its...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

God, The Salvation Of All

In the opening of The Ladder of Divine Ascent, written by St. John Climacus, the...

January 09, 2017

How To Please God

Someone asked Abba Anthony, "What must one do in order to please God?" The old...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Keep Your Attention On Your Spiritual Condition

When the same Abba Anthony thought about the depth of the judgments of God, he...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Workers of the Vineyard of Creation

“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good” (Gen....

November 03, 2016

On The Existence of God (Part 2 of 2)

When we are talking about God, we are talking about that which is absolute, that...

November 02, 2016

On the Existence of God (Part 1 of 2)

Many, if not most, of those who want to argue against the existence of God...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Interpreting The Anger of God (Part 4 of 4)

This is the last of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...

October 26, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Interpreting The Anger of God (Part 3 of 4)

This is the third of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...

October 24, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Interpreting The Anger of God (Part 2 of 4)

This is the second of four posts looking to the way various Ante-Nicene Fathers engaged...

October 20, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Interpreting The Anger of God (Part 1 of 4)

In the early years of the Christian faith, one of the many difficulties Christians faced...

October 14, 2016

Ante-Nicene Ressourcement: Reflections on Religion

Ancient Christians will tell us, however wrong and faulty their faiths might have been, pagans...

October 06, 2016

No Questions, Just An Answer

There is a joke some pagans (and some atheists) have come up with, which they...

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