Safer Than Texting

“Weird, floating feelings” are not the summum bonum, as you obviously know. Indeed the Fathers stress that feelings as such, of whatever kind or modality, are at best irrelevant, and sometimes dangerous. It’s a mistake in any case to put too much...

Praying for the Dead

Do I think there might be some value in praying for the soul of your mother even though she was an agnostic and died without having followed a religious path? Yes, of course, and her appearance to you in a dream may well be an indication she needs your help. According...

The Name of God as Such

“As we Orthodox see it, prayerful fidelity to the witness of Scripture, the decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, and the language of liturgical worship requires that the word “God” be reserved … for God the Father alone, the first Person of the...