This is the best of your posts so far - accessible, applicable, and attractive in a city where the pace of work and study leaves many longing for the "behaviours which lead the heart to rest and comfort", amidst "behaviours which lead the heart to want, hardness and turmoil", even if their intent was indulgence or avoidance of productivity. Your beloved St. Augustine appears, but there is no danger of getting swamped in the Greek philosophers to whom many of us lack previous exposure.
My soul drank greedily, from your Wonder-filled words, God Bless you, I needed to read this tonight, not last week or yesterday by tonight, you are working vessel of God. 🙏🙏
As a new Christian who chose an orthodox church, Anglican Catholic Church (just got confirmed yesterday!) this is something I love but am still wrapping my head around. The split of everything in society in Right and Left reflexively is difficult to unlearn. But as I put my focus on the message of universal love from God, it is becoming easier. Describing it to those outside orthodoxy is still difficult. This sermon helps me develop some talking points.
This is the best of your posts so far - accessible, applicable, and attractive in a city where the pace of work and study leaves many longing for the "behaviours which lead the heart to rest and comfort", amidst "behaviours which lead the heart to want, hardness and turmoil", even if their intent was indulgence or avoidance of productivity. Your beloved St. Augustine appears, but there is no danger of getting swamped in the Greek philosophers to whom many of us lack previous exposure.
A real treat, and worth developing further.
Thank you, Meg!
My soul drank greedily, from your Wonder-filled words, God Bless you, I needed to read this tonight, not last week or yesterday by tonight, you are working vessel of God. 🙏🙏
Thank you as ever for your kindness.
As a new Christian who chose an orthodox church, Anglican Catholic Church (just got confirmed yesterday!) this is something I love but am still wrapping my head around. The split of everything in society in Right and Left reflexively is difficult to unlearn. But as I put my focus on the message of universal love from God, it is becoming easier. Describing it to those outside orthodoxy is still difficult. This sermon helps me develop some talking points.
I am glad to be of some service. The deployment of the Gospel for merely human ends is a persistent sin of both Left and Right.