Do you feel set up for failure by the stringent fasting regulations of the Church? Do you feel like prayer rules or “putting your time in” at church is just false piety? Have you ever noticed an inconsistency between the
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How Church Makes Us Sin
Does God Strike Back?
The Orthodox Church has a Sunday called Judgment Sunday, and you may think to yourself, “Wow, that’s a harsh name!” And, with such a severe name, you wonder, “What’s the Good News of salvation found here?” The gospel passage is
Read moreThe Son Returns and the Father Goes Crazy! What Will Happen?
Has something ever happened to you that you thought was totally unfair? Have you ever gotten a traffic ticket or punished as a child and thought, “I didn’t deserve this”? Was someone else rewarded and praised for work that you
Read moreBeing Ashamed Before God
Do you ever get excited about accomplishing your goals and then boast about it? Do you ever pride yourself on earning your right to be close with God through prayer, believing the right thing, or just being a good person?
Read morePsychology, Scripture, and Narrative Understandings
I came across a fascinating article on Psychology Today with the title of “How Therapy Works: What it Means to ‘Process an Issue’.”
Read moreWhen the Going Gets Tough
When the going gets tough, you don’t just give up, do you? When challenges and obstacles block the road, do you forgo your dreams? And, when things don’t turn out as you imagined, do you resign from ever doing anything
Read moreSpending Buried Treasure
The Christian walk can be tough. You try to do the right thing, live the right way, follow the fasts, say your prayers, but then your car won’t start. You’re stuck in the cold without a way to get to
Read moreHope in the Darkness
There are times when you feel like there’s no hope for society–we’ve gone down a path of no return.
Read moreBeing Seen By God
Well, it seems that winter has arrived and made itself known. I pray everyone was able to dig themselves out of the snow and that you’ll all able to stay warm! In Sunday’s Gospel reading, we were transported to a
Read moreThe Foreign Leper
Dealing with stress is something we all deal with at some point in our lives. And the more we think about it, the worse it seems to get.
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