Grains of Wisdom: Give Thanks for Everything
People who don’t learn to thank God for everything, especially for adversity, will never advance even an inch beyond where they were when their mothers bore them. They’ll make...
Orthodox Quote for June 26
“Do not shift everything off on the clergy; you can do much yourselves, you know each other better than we do.” (St. John Chrysostom Homily 30 on Hebrews)
Orthodox Quote for June 25
“Man seeks joy and happiness in heaven. He seeks what is eternal far from everyone and everything. He seeks to find joy in God. God is a mystery. He...
Daily Devotion for June 25 – July 1
Sunday Matthew 6:22-33 God Providence (watching over us) The mind (Gr. nous) is the spiritual eye of the soul; it illuminates the inner man and governs the will....
Orthodox Quote for June 24
“Let us not then make our prayer by the gesture of our body, nor by the loudness of our voice, but by the earnestness of our mind: neither with...
Analysis: Loving the World in Greece
The well-known economic hardships in Greece led to the election a few years ago of a leftist government headed by atheist Alexis Tsipras. Hardships haven’t really gotten any less but...
Orthodox Quote for June 23
“Do not be so poorly disposed toward God as to think that he is too weak to avenge, for he is also strong. What reason is there, then, that...
Orthodox Quote for June 22
“It isn’t natural for man to work every hour and lose touch with his family. Children are growing up in households where parents are becoming distant figures. And the...
Orthodox Quote for June 21
“Do not only prayer, but meditate. This means sitting in silence for 10 or 15 minutes each day, and trying to clear your mind of all clutter, simply sitting...
Orthodox Quote for June 20
“…we can say that the divide between the East and West on the question of salvation is the difference between intellectualism and human righteousness on one side, and genuine...