“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be…
“When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready…The teacher will Disappear.” This bit of ancient wisdom from the Tao Te Ching adds needed Eastern perspective to our dominant Western worldview on how we learn and grow to become better students of our Lord Jesus Christ, the greatest teacher…
Recall that Sabbath rest is the prime directive, baked into creation and the only way to live fully. Time was the first thing that God made Holy, and in that space we rest in God with Jesus Christ. To not do so is spiritual homicide, slavery to the passing and hollow pleasures of the world.…
Well it just so happens that in today’s assigned reading, we see that over 2000 years ago, the Apostle Paul was also an Olympics watcher. We don’t know if Paul thought the Olympics a relatively good or bad thing. Paul did not spend much time talking about the relative good or evil of things in…
That’s a big difference between adults and kids. Kids like to repeat things almost without limit, whereas adults tend to see this as childish and boring, something that we grow out of. However, in today’s Gospel reading, Jesus urges us not to grow out of this child-like state of simple, repetitive appreciation-but to prayerfully grow…
The disciples missed out on a lot with their eyes half closed to their master, on this day and so many other times, and of course so do we. As all stories of Christ, this one does not happen only once, but once and forever, repeating permanent truths about who God is and who we…
Sermon by Diocesan Vicar Hayr Simeon Odabashian on June 30, 2024.