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?
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Being Ashamed Before God
So Many Services
“Fr. Dustin, aren’t all those extra services (feast days, Vespers, Matins) just for monks and retired people?” Here’s my brief response.
Read moreForgetting the Liturgy
One time, while I was serving Liturgy, I turned around to say a prayer, but I couldn’t remember what to say for the life of me! How could this happen?
Read moreAre You Fluent?
Someone once said that “worship” is a verb. I actually think it’s a language.
Read moreA Transfiguring Pattern
About routines in our lives, or as we Orthodox say, ” again and again…”
Read moreSacred Time
Time is money, they say…or is it sacred?
Read moreYou Who Did…Now Do…
Finding words for prayer can be tough. However, using the prayers of the church can help us find our own words.
Read moreBeing Coached by St. Anthony, Part 3
Practicing contemplative prayer in our busy lives today can be hard. But perhaps an ancient desert monk can still be our coach in the 21st century! (Part 3)
Read moreBeing Coached by St. Anthony, Part 1
Practicing contemplative prayer in our busy lives today can be hard. But perhaps an ancient desert monk can still be our coach in the 21st century!
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