Sermons

“LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart” (Psalm 15:1,2). “Why is Transgender Identify on the Rise Among Teens?” A scientist asks this in an article on Psychology Today. Gender Dysphoria is real. A man or woman feels terrible anxiety about his or her biological sex. An impulse to live as the opposite sex becomes overwhelming,

“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in’: aim at earth and you will get neither” (C. S. Lewis). The only life worth living is a life pursuing God. There is a lot of talk nowadays about saving the planet. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and billionaire philanthropists have plans for ending poverty. Big government and big tech companies talk about protecting us from racism, disease, and death. There is a clamoring voice to build a man-made utopia. Where does the Christian stand

Sometimes obligation and legalism are very good things. What does it take to be happy and free? This is what we want. This is the motivation behind nearly everything we do. It is at the heart of our American nation, is it not? “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” were engraved in the Declaration of Independence and are forever since seared in our psyche. But how do we achieve this? What makes us happy and free? The Church has an altogether different answer the pop cu

“If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above” (Colossians 3:1). Pascha takes far more work than Lent. Yes, it is tough giving up meat and wine for forty days. It is a strain examining one’s conscience, repenting from addictions, and embracing death to self. Yet, this is easy, compared to our work during Paschaltide: to lift up and keep one’s heart in paradise. It is the greater challenge to be in a constant state of gratitude and awe — to cherish God every m

“Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen” 
(Matthew 28:6). Christ is Risen! This is the phrase on our lips. What does it mean in our heart? It is Pascha, the forty day Pascha. What does this mean for us today, and tomorrow, and for each day of the feast? What does it mean to feast? We endeavor so zealously during Lent. Do we drop the zeal in Pascha? For forty days we labored in our fast. Now the Church urges