Holiness Is Attainable
On this Feast of All the Saints of North America, we have one more saint to celebrate! Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. … Read on
Jun 22, 2025•14 min
Translating the Tradition
The English-language Orthodox Church in Vancouver, BC
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All Saints: Prioritizing Holiness
How do we use our God-given agency to become saints? Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. … Read on...
Jun 15, 2025•23 min
The First Ecumenical Council as Fulfillment of Tradition
A look at how the Mosaic tradition of appointing elders to judge the people found its fulfillment in the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea Note: I mention the Donatists, but, while I may have implied that the Church ultimately ruled that they were in the wrong, I’m not sure I made it explicit enough that their schism was condemned by the council that Constantine convened as a lack of love and in contravention of Christ’s teachings about repentance and forgiveness.… Read on...
Jun 09, 2025
Pentecost: Back to the Beginning
The birthday of the Church is a good time to go back to the beginning… Read on
Jun 08, 2025•25 min
How the Blind Man Saw Things
In which we review the story of the man born blind from the blind man’s perspective as a way into the experience of God on which true philosophy is founded References: John 9:1-38 Acts 16:16-34 Matthew 11:2-15 II Corinthians 4:6-15, 12:7-10 … Read on
May 25, 2025•23 min
Our Choice
We have betrayed the Image of God. Our only choice is whether we will be Judas or the sinful woman.… Read on
Apr 15, 2025•8 min
The Story of St. Mary of Egypt
We need stories, and the story we need right now is that of St. Mary of Egypt.… Read on
Apr 07, 2025•33 min
St. Gregory Palamas and the Knowability of God
St. Gregory demonstrates that we can know God, and that the pursuit of this knowledge is worth defending and dedicating our lives to.… Read on
Mar 16, 2025•17 min
Technology, Wisdom, and the Word
The central realization, in Proverbs and Genesis and the Gospel, that wisdom and worship are what actually extend life and give it meaning… Read on
Mar 12, 2025•12 min
Some of the Old Stories that We Need
The old stories of Gideon and Barak and St. John Chrysostom remind us how we, as men and women of faith, understand history, especially including our own personal history.… Read on
Mar 09, 2025•16 min
We Need the Old Stories – and the New
We live on a knife edge. Evil is at the door. It is late – but not too late. There is light in the midst of darkness, a light which illumines, when we cry aloud, when all other lights have gone out.… Read on
Mar 06, 2025•6 min
Lent, the Great Canon, and Life
The Great Canon equips us for the journey of repentance that is both Lent and life… Read on
Mar 03, 2025•7 min
How and Why to Fast
Practical instructions from the Gospel and the Epistle readings given to us to consider as we embark on the great endeavour of Great Lent … Read on
Mar 02, 2025•19 min
Sunday of the Last Judgement
A warning and an encouragement: We need to know both the judgement and the mercy and love of God.… Read on
Feb 23, 2025•21 min
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Fr. Peter gave the best exegesis of the parable of the Prodigal Son that I’ve heard recently, so well worth listening to a little harder than usual (given the slightly poorer quality audio)!… Read on
Feb 16, 2025•18 min
The Prophetic Meaning of the Feast of the Meeting
The best way to get at the Church’s understanding of the Feasts is to look at the Old Testament readings for that feast.… Read on
Feb 02, 2025•16 min
Humility
Abba Sisoës and the importance of understanding ourselves as “the chief of sinners”… Read on
Jan 26, 2025
Persistence in Prayer
Looking at some of the structure of Luke’s Gospel to understand the importance of persistence in prayer and the nature of the Kingdom of God… Read on
Jan 19, 2025•22 min
Mini-Ephesians: How to Make Diversity the Foundation of Unity
What is the point of our diversity? How does speaking the truth in love make us one?… Read on
Jan 12, 2025•20 min
Theophany as the Revelation of Real Truth
We know what we need to do; Christ in His baptism shows us how to do it.… Read on
Jan 05, 2025•11 min
Christmas Gifts
The magi and the shepherds who were there Beheld a wonder that we cannot share; Absent, as usual, will we never see A revelation or epiphany? When will it be our turn in Bethlehem?… Read on
Dec 25, 2024•7 min
Why Not Worry?
Who is our Father?… Read on
Nov 17, 2024•18 min
Who Is the Samaritan’s Neighbour?
What shall we do to inherit eternal life?… Read on
Nov 10, 2024•20 min
Cast Your Cares upon the Lord
…for He cares for you.… Read on
Nov 03, 2024•13 min
I Corinthians 16 (and 10 and 13)
St. Paul’s conclusion and its context… Read on
Sep 22, 2024•25 min
I Corinthians 15
Returning to that which ultimately unites: the Resurrection… Read on
Sep 15, 2024•19 min
I Corinthians 4-7
A Christian approach to sexuality and judgement… Read on
Sep 01, 2024•31 min
I Corinthians 1-3
Unity in God’s foolishness and weakness… Read on
Aug 25, 2024•30 min
Leaving Judgement to the Judge
How to love and leave judgement to the One who is ultimately qualified to judge, while still staying committed to the Truth… Read on
Aug 11, 2024•24 min
Becoming Part of God’s People in Christ, a Living Sacrifice of Love
As we unite ourselves to our head, the Messiah, by serving to one another in love, we participate in His sacrifice and are grafted into His body, the race of the people of God… Read on
Aug 04, 2024•27 min
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