In this week’s podcast, Deacon Michael Hyatt covers sections 5-8 of the second chapter of For the Life of the World. This chapter walks through the whole of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, so there is a lot in it. First, the link to the next podcast in this series.
For the Life of the World: Part [...]
Father Stephen Freeman wrote two fantastic interrelated posts today. Take a moment to read them both before reading my feeble thoughts on them.
St. Isaac – Mercy and Justice
More on the “Justice” of God
I had read a fair amount of St. Isaac the Syrian and others like him even before I had heard of Orthodoxy. It’s [...]
This series is reflecting on the Didache if you want to read it separately.
For what reward is there for loving those who love you? Do not the Gentiles do the same? But love those who hate you, and you shall not have an enemy.
The way of Jesus, the way of life, is the [...]
Earlier this week I was discussing with a friend the difficulty of actual communicating anything meaningful about sex or sexuality in our cultural context without first exploring the question of what it means to be a human being created in the image of God. I think a lot of American cultural Christians, especially those often [...]