If, as I suggested in the previous post, we all have and venerate icons then maybe there is a corollary to be considered. How are we also iconoclasts? What images have we and do we continue to destroy? Iconoclasm is…
Author: Michael K. Marsh
What are your icons?
"Show me the icons that you venerate, that I may be able to understand your faith." - John of Damascus As I watched the inaugural events of this week and especially today's inauguration I was reminded that we are surrounded…
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God’s Will
One of the questions I most often hear people struggle with is God's will. What is God's will for my life? What does God want me to do? It is often asked with the idea that God has a certain…
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Feast of St. Antony
Abba Antony said: "I saw the snares of the enemy spread out over the world and I sighed wondering who could ever escape such snares. Then I heard a voice, saying to me: 'Humility.'" Today is the Feast of St.…
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Prayer – the essence of living
In speaking of prayer I often distinguish between a "life of prayer" and a "prayer life." It seems much of our life today is compartmentalized depending on what we are doing, where we are, who we are with. So we…
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With Every Breath
If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness and to guard your heart successfully, then let the prayer "Lord Jesus, have mercy on me" become one with your breathing, and in a few days you will see how it can…
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Yeh hum naheen – this is not us
"Yeh hum naheen" means "this is not us." The song is a statement that the violence of terrorism is not Islam. Terrorism and violence are not simply Islamic issues. They are issues of humanity. So maybe we should see the…
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The Feast of the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
For most of the world January 1st is New Year’s Day—the beginning of a new year, a day of football, resolutions, and black-eyed peas. For the church, however, January 1st is the Feast of the Holy Name. More often than…
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Incarnation
“O inexpressible mystery and unheard paradox: the Invisible is seen, the Intangible is touched , the eternal Word becomes accessible to our speech, the Timeless steps into time, the Son of God becomes the Son of Man." -- Saint…
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The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
“What can we bring you, O Christ, for having been born for us on earth as a man? Each creature, the work of your hands, offers you a sign of gratitude: the angels, their hymn; the heavens, the star; the…
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Interrupting the Silence 