When Christ asks St. Peter, “Do you love Me?” I always thought it was a dumb question. Because if Christ asked me if I loved Him, my answer would be something along the lines of, “yeah duhhhhh”. I am after all a front-row deacon(FRD™), Sunday school servant, checking all the boxes of the ideal Christian.
“Every step of our Christian life is inseparably related to the fundamental dogmas of our Faith”.[1] There are two ways you can live the Lords feasts daily. The first is living the feasts through the Church’s Liturgical Calendar. The second is living the feasts through participation in Liturgy. It is not just the actual Divine
What is discipleship? To begin looking at the topic of discipleship we must first define the term within both the secular and Christian senses. Within the secular world, a disciple is defined to be a “follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure” and this gives us an image of what a disciple
St. Paul the Apostle tells all Christians to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). A seemingly simple thing to do since he doesn’t go into any detail at all as to how we are supposed to do this. How are we supposed to do this? How can I, while talking to my friend, pray to
Every late December routinely brings us all to a point of reevaluation and reassessment. We may ask ourselves a series of questions: how is my life different than it was last year? What went well/poorly for me this year? It may also bring with it a sense of awe at how quickly another year has
Self Improvement & Ambition – aka new year new me If you’re anything like me, you’re probably going to rediscover your list of New Year’s Resolutions, realize that you’ve accomplished none of them (maybe one or two if you had a good year) and make a naive but definitive claim that “next year is going
You never really notice the extent of how short we fall from being the Christians we’re called to be until you ask yourself, is there one commandment I have been completely faithful in keeping? You might think “well, I’ve never murdered” but murder is rooted in anger. Truth is, to be faithful to even one
Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by time management. *Every Coptic hand shoots into the air*. Now picture this: it’s 2019, you have classes all week, you have a big assignment due on Friday, and you have a huge exam on Sunday night. Realistically, lets focus on work this week, and
When we think of the love that our mother and father have for us, it is hard for us to understand that a greater love than this exists. In the midnight praises we say to God “which mind or which speech or sound can attain the unutterable expression of Your love for mankind.” (Thursday Theotokia)
Let’s go back in time. I want you to pretend you’re a child again. You’re hungry─what do you do? You’re scared─what do you do? You hit your head on the table while running around (even though Mom told you not to run around the house) and you’re hurt and crying─what do you do? It’s instinct.