Sunday, August 26, 2018

On Tending the Vineyards of our Lives: Homily for the 13th Sunday After Pentecost and the 13th Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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1 Corinthians 16:13-24; Matthew 21:33-42 I sometimes hear from my students that they think that Jesus Christ was a very nice person w...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Humble Faith, Not Legalism: Homily for the 12 Sunday After Pentecost, the 12th Sunday of Matthew, and the After-Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

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1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26 A common temptation for religious people is to fall into a form of a legalistic self-righte...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Personal Transfiguration in Holiness: Homily for the 11th Sunday After Pentecost, the 11th Sunday of Matthew, and the After-Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ

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1 Corinthians 9:2-12; Matthew 18:23-35 There is a lot going on the life of the Church this time of year.   Even as we continue to c...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Staying Grounded on our True Foundation: Homily for "St. Timon Sunday" in the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America and the 9th Sunday After Pentecost and the 9th Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Matthew 14:22-34           Many people today do not have a solid foundation for their lives.  We live in a time ...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

The Importance of Being Faithful in Small Things: Homily for St. Mary Magdalene on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost and the Eighth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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1 Corinthians 1:10-17; Matthew 14:14-22 It is very easy for us to overlook the importance of small, routine things that do not see...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

The World Needs Light, Not More Darkness: Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in the Orthodox Church

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Titus 3: 8-15; Matthew 5:   14-19 It is not hard to find examples of Christians whose behavior disappoints and scandalizes us.   Wh...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

What We Have in Common with the Great Martyr Procopius and the Paralyzed Man: Homily for the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost and the Sixth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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Romans 12:6-14; Matthew 9:1-8             It is tempting to fall into pessimism about ourselves.  We know our own personal failings qu...