This past week, I was with an Associate at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, NY. He shared with me a story that stopped me in my tracks. He came across the story in this podcast, which is a lecture by Heiromonk Irenei Steenberg, an Eastern Orthodox mystic....
Earlier this week, a middle-aged couple asked me to pray for them. Specifically, they wanted a prayer for their marriage “to be a sacrament.” I could tell they were Catholic because in the Catholic Church, holy matrimony is considered a sacrament. In the...
“Boilers, Buildings, and Budgets” Every seminary needs to have a course with this title, although I’m not sure if any do. I certainly didn’t find any sort of educational offering like this at my seminary. Fortunately, my legal experience has served me well...
“If you have peace in your heart, thousands of people find their healing around you.” —St. Seraphim of Sarov A minor miracle happened while I was on vacation the last two weeks—I read a novel. I suspect some of you may not understand why that’s a minor...
Dear Congregation, Maybe I’ve been spending too much time around water this summer, or perhaps the heat is getting to me, but I keep thinking about the movement of water, how the waves are so continuous. When they’re huge, the surfers (yes, we have surfers...