The Life-Giving Cross
Today, September 14th, is the Feast of the Elevation Life-Giving Cross. This feast, one of the twelve great feasts of the Church, commemorates the discovery of...
Tag: Spirituality
How do we Change the World?
This past week I had somewhat of a revelation or an epiphany or something of the sort. In my preparation for the sermon that I was going to preach this past Su...
Let the Fire Fall
by Fr. Lawrence Farley Permit me please to share with you the words of an old Pentecostal chorus: “Let the fire fall, let the fire fall, let the fire from heave...
Practical Tips for Orthodox Living
1) Prayers are said morning and evening, either together as a family or individually. 2) A blessing (grace, we called it) is said by the head of the family befo...
Sermon ~ Getting to the heart of the Problem
Last week, I spoke about the need for us to seek forgiveness for past hurts and for the transgressions that we might have committed. I used the image of...
Confession and the Interior Life
In my last essay I wrote about how we need to find inner silence or inner peace. In order to do this we need to find the strength to open the door to the room ...
Untangling Our Spiritual Life
Yesterday I dropped something behind my computer, and when I went to retrieve it I noticed the unusually large tangle of wires and what not back there. All of ...
The sign of the Cross
Do not do anything without signing yourself with the sign of the Cross! When you depart on a journey, when you begin your work, when you go to study, when you a...