Right here during our Lenten journey, the Church brings us to one of the six feasts of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. And it is the Feast of the Annunciation.…
Henry Giles said, "A song will outlive all sermons in the memory." I believe that's true. Several years ago I was blessed to sit at the bedside of a precious…
Jesus warned His disciples that there would be "wars and rumors of wars" in human history and the temptation would be for humans to abandon hope and be crushed by…
There is always a price for unfaithfulness. A telling quote illustrates what I'm talking about: "Infidelity doesn't come from a lack of love; it comes from a lack of respect."…
The English psychologist and analyst D.W. Winnicott once said "It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found." Since we humans were made for communion, the…
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On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, we are called back to the centering vision of the God Who has become visible for our salvation. The victory of the icons in…
I was a firebug when I was younger. Fire fascinated me, that is until one day when I burned myself playing with fire. It's amazing how instructional pain can be…
All the sins and mistakes of all the people in the world who have ever lived all combined together and multiplied by a thousand plus ten can NEVER overpower God's…
Most of us know the German legend about Faust and his deal with the devil. Faust is a bit of a con man but he's unhappy with his life so…