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Hate Your Father?
Read more: Hate Your Father?Do you hate your father? Do you hate your mother? Christ says: “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). Of course, any Christian with a modicum of understanding knows that such […]
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Emptiness
Read more: EmptinessOur life in the Body of Christ begins with our Baptism into Christ’s death (Romans 6:3). This phrase explains what it means to be Baptized “into the Body of Christ” (I Corinithians 12:13). To exist in the Body of Christ is to do so by existing in the death of Christ, as well as His […]
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The Greatest Generation
Read more: The Greatest GenerationA recent conversation within the comments gives the occasion for this post. The heart of the question – which is more difficult – marriage or monasticism? My own thoughts are that everything is extremely difficult. In our modern world, even the most fundamental structures of society have been eroded. In American culture we have re-imagined […]
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The Cross of Christ and the Way of Life
Read more: The Cross of Christ and the Way of LifeThe Mystery of our Salvation is contained within the Cross of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. And it is correct to say the “mystery of our salvation,” for what is contained there is more than a cosmic transaction (Christ pays for our sins): it is also the whole of our way of life. It […]
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Everything Is In Motion
Read more: Everything Is In MotionFor years I have been told that the meaning of the word hamartia (translated “sin”) means “to miss the mark.” This is certainly accurate. However, the image I have always had in mind has been an arrow aimed at a target and missing the bull’s eye. Thus I have thought of my life as a […]
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The Luck of the Draw
Read more: The Luck of the DrawI have heard Fr. Thomas Hopko quote his father-in-law, Fr. Alexander Schmemann, many times as saying: “Spirituality consists in how you deal with what you’ve been dealt.” The image, of course, is of playing cards. Fr. Alexander’s point is that the circumstances of our lives are beyond our control – our spiritual lives consist in how […]
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Keep the Peace
Read more: Keep the PeacePreserve your inner peace at any cost. Do not trade your inner peace for anything in the world. Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you. I recall an Anglican abbot once saying that during the Vietnam War his monastery had many visitors and inquirers. He noted many of the […]
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Justice Enough?
Read more: Justice Enough?The human desire for justice is insatiable. And that is a problem. It is a problem because an insatiable desire can never be satisfied: there is no end to our desire for justice. It is a problem because many Christians use justice as a lens for understanding the work of our salvation. The fathers have a term for […]
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I agree too Byron. Thanks so much for your comments. Fr. Stephen wrote: “I cannot conceive of God having any…
Matthew, I very much agree. There is a “purging” taking place–and it is “restorative…all to God’s glory” and our salvation.…
Matthew, I cannot conceive of God having any use for retribution.
Kate, You asked a healthy question – and I’m encouraged by the answer you received. May God give you grace!
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Father, I just wanted to thank you for linking the article “The River of Fire”. I had heard of it…