By Bishop Paul Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” So God created man in His own … Read More
April 17th, 2018
By Bishop Paul “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?” And when Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners” [Mark 2:16-17]. These last lines from Mark, which I had quoted in last week’s entry, are important to help us understand what unconditional … Read More
April 10th, 2018
By Bishop Paul As you may know, I have a strong interest in helping our families living in a secular, humanistic culture, which seems to show no interest in the Orthodox Faith. How do we go about addressing this? How do we learn to live in the world realizing that we are not of it? This is the tension that must exist if we are … Read More