You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of him who gives and kindles joy in the heart of him who receives… more →
Sowing Seeds of Orthodoxywrote 3 days ago: About God God is fire, warming and igniting the heart and inward parts. So, if we feel coldness in o … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, … more →
wrote 5 months ago: You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, … more →
wrote 5 months ago: One should nourish the soul with the word of God: for the word of God, as St. Gregory the Theologian … more →
wrote 9 months ago: St Seraphim of Sarov on Fasting: ‘Once there came to him a mother who was concerned about how … more →
wrote 9 months ago: “God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hea … more →
wrote 10 months ago: St. Seraphim of Sarov’s Conversation With Nicholas Motovilov A Wonderful Revelation to the Wor … more →
wrote 10 months ago: *This is the first in a series of posts of Eastern Orthodox morning prayers. I say the prayers in th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hea … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I lost it again. Patience with a family member. I had worked hard on my listening skills, reflecting … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Maria, my daughter, loves her dog, Shadrack, a great deal. There is nothing Shadrack likes better th … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Find apropos reading here. In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, when the foolish ones lac … more →
wrote 4 years ago: “I will tell you something else, so that you may understand still more clearly what is meant b … more →