Those Pesky Pharisees
Read John 9:1-38 A long time ago, in a writing class I was in, the teacher said that every good story has a hero and an antagonist. In the Gospel story ...
Author: Fr. Peter
Just Hold My Hand
Dementia is a horrible disease that robs the person of their memory and their life. Dementia is not a specific disease, but it describes a wide range of sympto...
4 Key Concepts of Spiritual Resiliency
We began this series with and essay outlining the 4 Dimensions of Spiritual Resiliency and then outlined the 12 Questions for Spiritual Awareness. In this essa...
Special Litanies on Mother’s Day
Today is the celebration of Mother’s Day in the United States and although I will not be preaching about Mother’s Day today I will be adding ...
Be One of God’s Miracles
These last few weeks the news has been filled with tragic circumstances. Not that the news is not always, or perhaps it just seems that way, filled with bad ne...
12 Questions for Spiritual Awareness
Following up on my last essay concerning Spiritual Resiliency I thought I would now look at some ways to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves so we can bett...
PODCAST: Recapturing the Spirit of the Rebel Jesus
What did the early Church believe and how do we recapture that spirit
4 Dimensions of Spiritual Resilience
Part of the training system used by the military is resiliency training. The ability to recover quickly from one mission to another is extremely important in t...
New Feature
For the last several years I have been sending out a daily email with the readings, from the Orthodox Lectionary, for that particular day. Starting Mond...
It Is Well
I have the very high honor of serving as chaplain for a local fire department as well as for the military, and it is one of the most rewarding aspects of my min...