Check out this episode! +++ Marriage as a Metaphor for Orthodoxy Homily of St. Gregory Palamas Today we celebrate the life and teachings of someone who really got it? St. Gregory Palamas; he experienced God’s love for him in a real and tangible way, and he reflected that love back at God and on all […]
Homily for Sunday of Orthodoxy (F&W)
February 25, 2018 By
How does the Gospel transform lives? There is no enchantment that goes through parish rosters to change those listed on it into heirs of the Most High. It’s not even enough for us to mutter the right theological incantation. So what does it take? Faith and works. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! *** […]
Sunday of Forgiveness
February 19, 2018 By
The homily is the Epistle of the Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops outside Ukraine on Great Lent. The extra words and music were taken from the service of forgiveness at the end of Divine Liturgy. Check out this episode! *** The Great Lent (2018) Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine […]
Bible Study #30: Evil in Canaan (WHY III)
February 13, 2018 By
Today we present the third possible explanation for the cleansing of the Holy Land. It seems that the requirement for complete destruction was only directed towards those tribes that had giants in them; was this the continuation of the “war of seeds” prophesied in Genesis 3:15? Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! *** OT […]
Homily – The Last Judgment
February 11, 2018 By
There are broken and despairing people in this world; it is our charge to care for them. We can justify our indifference with all kinds of religion and sophistry, but in the end our deeds will be laid bare. Homily on the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46). Check out this episode! *** Homily on the Last […]
Bible Study #29: Full Spectrum Morality (WHY II)
February 6, 2018 By
In this class we continue trying to understand the conquest of the Holy Land in the Old Testament. Fr. Anthony makes the case that there is more to morality than just being nice and that we cannot understand the Old Testament if we don’t accept that violence is sometimes necessary. Check out this episode! *** […]
Parish Talk – Home is WHAT the Heart Is
February 5, 2018 By
We often hear that “Home is where the heart is”, and this is certainly true. But what if the longing we felt towards home could be satisfied not by a place, but by a condition of being? What if we could “be” in that place where we find joyful contentment at any time and at […]
Homily – Prodigal Son
February 4, 2018 By
Three lessons from the parable of the Prodigal Son. Check out this episode!
Fr. Anthony’s Kefir Routine
February 3, 2018 By
Background. The kefir “grains” are small beads of good bacteria that change milk into kefir at room temperature. The longer the milk is allowed to change, the more sour and (eventually) solid it gets. I like mine at two days. Three days and it’s a bit too sour. Four days and I can’t use it. […]
Homily on the Publican and the Pharisee
January 28, 2018 By
We live in a fantasy world. A world in which there is no need for us to change. But we are not well, we are simply deluded. May the Lord God protect us from the Pharisee in our minds that wants to tell us lies about ourselves and our neighbors and give us the humility ? […]
