Our Gift of Freedom
Luke 15:11-32 (Note: A homily delivered on 2/12/2012 at St. Stephen on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. Again, with some much-needed editing.) On the third Sunday before the beginning of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church appoints the reading of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Someone has said, that...
The Power of Humility
Luke 18:10-14 (Homily delivered at St. Stephen on 2/5/2012 with some editing) Today we focus on the power of humility, the power of humility. It occurred to me as I was thinking about all this, that we don’t generally associate humility with power, do we? We usually think of...
Those Important First Steps
Matthew 4:12-17 As we pass through life, we make mistakes … we make some bad choices … we take some wrong roads, encountering some huge obstacles … and come to some dead ends. Many of us have had to say, “I must get a fresh start, make a new...