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Teachings From the Church and Other Important Lessons

God Reveals Himself to Us

In our attempts to convert the world, we forget sometimes that WE don’t convert anybody....

The Tradition of Spiritual Father

Many times I am approached by parishioners and even visitors with questions about faith and...

Family Matters

If you consider the first believers of Christ, they were not strangers, but members of...

The Power of Memory

Sit for a moment and remember a time when you were sitting quietly by yourself....

Unreasonable People

One of the benefits of ‘growing up’ is that we acquire some level of wisdom....

The Good Teacher

Good teachers take the time to know their students. They watch. They listen. They learn....

It is the Relationship that Matters

As you can imagine, as an Orthodox Christian priest, I have regular interactions with people...

The Future Starts with You

The Church has been accused over the years of keeping to ourselves in our own...

Growing Up

When we are small toddlers, our behavior isn’t always what it should be. In our...

Serving the Poor Helps YOU, not the Poor

In the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16.19-31) the un-named rich man...

Acts of Love

There was an elder who described three reasons we do good things while we are...

God’s Logic Never Fails

Last night in Bible Study, we were led to discuss the concept that the logic of...