#SacredScripture 3/5

Nov 10, 20181 min read

Unfamiliar Doors

You step up. Your heart quickens. You stare. You fold your hand into a peaceful fist. You lift your newly heavy arm. Your knuckles meet...

Nov 5, 20181 min read

The Tempest of Travel

Traveling can be joyful at this time of year. Airports are filled with festive decorations, trios play smooth jazz, travelers are...

Oct 8, 20181 min read

The Bitter Scroll

Giving your life to God is simple but it is not easy. It is filled with life, but requires death (you must spiritually die to yourself...

Oct 1, 20181 min read

Happiness is a Changeling

Human happiness is a fluid reality when it is based on the flittering fairies of cultural expectation and personal desire. But happiness...

Sep 27, 20181 min read

The Scandal of the Cross

There are those today who preach a version of Christianity that abrogates the cross with codicils and bromides. Drawing from the well of...

Sep 1, 20182 min read

Everything Has Its Time

The end of summer and the beginning of fall. Changes in the weather and a new school year. Stricter focus at work and a preparation for...

Aug 17, 20182 min read

God's Wisdom, Secret and Hidden

When you've been in prayer for a long while, especially if it lasts for days and days, the world can seem peculiar. That's not...

Aug 26, 20152 min read

An Instruction on Spiritual Leadership in Sacred Scripture

The primary purpose of 1 and 2 Timothy, as well as Titus, is to instruct bishops, priests, and deacons how to live. The teaching is...

Aug 14, 20151 min read

Inflict Anguish on the Evil One

"We are aware of the torment that the enemy frequently inflicts upon us visibly or invisibly. But we do not perceive the torment and...

Aug 12, 20151 min read

Prayer is Our Weapon Against the Enemy

"The enemy knows that prayer is our invisible weapon against him, and so he tries to keep us from praying. He fills us with a desire for...

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