Biblical Women: Judith
The Book of Judith is a war story. It may be difficult for us to appreciate it fully, since most of us have never experienced the danger and horrors attending…
Reflections in Christ
Remarks after the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Sermon at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Today a certain lawyer comes to our Lord and asks what he shall do to inherit eternal life. And our Lord’s answer is strikingly simple, but also…
Biblical Women: Rahab
Rahab has the distinction of being one of the few Biblical figures who was the object of an attempted moral make-over—or, more bluntly, of a…
Biblical Women: Ruth
The Book of Ruth, a little tale of only four chapters, is arguably the sweetest book of the Bible and perhaps in all…
Biblical Women: Esther
If ever a Biblical story cried out to be made into a Hollywood movie, it would be the story of Esther. The story has everything…
Be Thou My Battle Shield
One of my favourite hymns from my old Anglican days is Be Thou My Vision. Based on a sixth century Irish poem attributed to…
Of Giants and Grasshoppers
When the spies that Joshua sent out to reconnoitre the land returned to camp, they came with bad news: “The people who live in the land are…”
The Vocation of Music
In his 2018 encyclical Of What Life Do We Speak?, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon articulates the stark…
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Luke
Speaking plainly. The great Apostle Paul tells us that God has spoken to us in many and diverse ways (Heb 1:1): through…