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The 2011 New Testament Challenge

October 24, 2011 Filed under: 4 Comments

Beginning Nov. 15th (the beginning of the Advent/Nativity Fast), we will once again be embarking on our annual challenge event to read through the entire New Testament (aloud) by Christmas! This is a great endeavor and exercise and you should join it! Read with your spouse as an Advent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preparation Tagged With: 2011, Challenge, New Testament

Great Ebook Available NOW Through Preachers Institute

October 20, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Faithful readers of GGWB: the following appeared this evening on the Preachers Institute and is available to you as well. A venerable text on the formation of preachers, called (not surprisingly) “On The Formation Of Preachers”is now available through Preachers Institute. This is a considerable tex … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Preaching, Preparation, Vocation Tagged With: book, ebook, preacher, preachers institute, preaching

Prayer In Quest Of A Spiritual Healer

October 15, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

St. Symeon the New Theologian

by St. Symeon the New Theologian "O Lord, who desires not the death of a sinner but that he should turn and live, Thou who didst come down to earth in order to restore life to those lying dead through sin and in order to make them worthy of seeing Thee the true light as far as that is possible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation Tagged With: healer. St. Symeon the New Theologian, prayer, spiritual

Diplomat and Orthodox Priest

September 29, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

This article from March, 2010, about Fr. Nick's journey to the Priesthood. Nick Greanias achieved a personal ambition when he became a Greek Orthodox priest. The Decatur diplomat had longed to combine professional employment with ministry. Since late in 2007, he has been the American consul in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation, Priest, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: Decatur, Fr. Nick Greanias, Greek, Orthodox, Priesthood

On Priestly Indiscretion

September 14, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Shameful

by Fr. Aris Metrakos This article contains excellent practical advice for anyone contemplating the priesthood or discerning a vocation in the Orthodox Church (or any ‘church’ for that matter). Fr. Aris nails it. Aren’t we disgusted with the shocking number of high-profile cases of priests enga … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Fr. Aris Metrakos, indiscretion, priest, Priesthood

Work & The Priesthood

September 2, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

by Steve Robinson You know him as Steve the Builder, or the host of Our Life In Christ, the very popular radio program on Ancient Faith Radio (where he and Bill Gould are referred to as the Orthodox 'Klik and Klak.' Steve Robinson is a reader at St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church in Tempe, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preparation, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Priesthood, Steve Robinson, work

Prayer For Knowledge Of God And Love For Him

August 29, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by St. Isaac the Syrian "Make me worthy, O Lord, to know and love Thee, not with knowledge from the exercise of a scattered nous; but make me worthy of that knowledge whereby, beholding Thee, the nous glorifies Thy nature, in divine vision which robs the mind of awareness of the world. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation Tagged With: knowledge of God, Love, prayer, St. Isaac the Syrian

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