St Seraphim of Sarov
One must not judge anyone, although with one’s own eyes one may see someone sin or wallow in transgression of the commandments of God; according to the word of ...
Category: Reflection
My reflections on various topics
St. Paisius Velichkovsky
Do not say that one or two books are sufficient for instructing the soul. After all, even the bee collects honey not from one or two flowers only, but from many...
Elder Sophrony of Essex
Often the Holy Spirit withdraws from us because of one or another impulse of our heart, or perhaps a thought. But this withdrawal may occur because the Spirit s...
St Nikolai of Zica
Come closer to me, closer still, O majestic Son of God. Descend deeper into my heart than any emotion, or desire, or passion of the world can descend into it. P...
SIE
SIE is, I believe, an American Air Force-unique acronym. SIE = self-initiated elimination. SIE may mean the individual’s performance is purposely not up t...
A Beautiful Analogy
A beautiful analogy based on a commentary by Elizabeth A. Mitchell. In the 1952 classic Western High Noon, Will Kane, the marshal of Hadleyville, has a choice t...
“East of Eden”
Lee, the Chinese immigrant housekeeper, the novel’s main theme: timshel—“thou mayest”—the Hebrew belief in our power to choose between good and bad. “We’re a vi...
A List of the Passions
A LIST OF THE PASSIONS by Saint Peter of Damaskos The passions are: harshness, trickery, malice, perversity, mindlessness, licentiousness, enticement, dullness,...
Apophasis
Apophasis, the technical term for saying you’re not going to say something as a way to say what you wanted to say. In other words, it’s a sin. How can a p...
People See, People Do
People See, People Do Elaine Hatfield, a psychological researcher from the University of Hawaii and her husband, Dick Rapson, have spent a good part of their ca...