Today Fr. Anthony covers Chapters Seven and Eight from Dr. Zachery Porcu's Journey to Reality, "The Life of the Church" and "The Bible and the Church." Enjoy the show! +++ Journey to Reality Chapters Seven and Eight You are What You Do (Including Eat) 10/29/2025 As creatures, we were made malleable. It was built into our design so that we could grow towards perfection eternally. While this is a characteristic of the entire cosmos – and every member of it – it has a special purpose for us. We are the shepherds, farmers, and priests of the cosmos. The system is designed so that as we become better, we are able to shepherd or grow the cosmos from one made good – that is to say made both beautiful and … [Continue reading]
Class on Journey to Reality – Chapters Seven and Eight on Participation and the Bible
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Class on Journey to Reality: Chapter Six on the Electric Eucharist
October 30, 2025 By
Today Fr. Anthony covers Chapter Six from Zachary Porcu's Journey to Reality, "Sacramental Being." (FWIW, he still doesn't buy the idea of something becoming a spiritual battery as batteries work seperate from an active power source and nothing is separate from the presence of God). Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! … [Continue reading]
Homily – Gardening in Love (The Rich Man and Lazarus)
October 27, 2025 By
Luke 16:19-31 Fr. Anthony reflects on the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, revealing how our blindness—born of sin and a materialist worldview—turns the world and one another into mere commodities. Yet when we learn to see with love and humility, … [Continue reading]
Talk: Music as an Icon of Cosmic Salvation
October 25, 2025 By
This talk was given at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church (UOC-USA) in Charlottesville, VA. In it, Fr. Anthony presents Orthodoxy's sacramental view of creation and uses music as an example of how the royal priesthood, in Christ, fulfills its commission … [Continue reading]
Homily – When Death met the Author of Life
October 19, 2025 By
Luke 7:11-16 (The Widow of Nain) At the gates of Nain, the procession of death meets the Lord of Life—and death loses. Christ turns the widow's grief into joy, revealing that every tear will one day be transformed into the eternal song of … [Continue reading]
Surviving the Coming Storm
October 12, 2025 By
Luke 8:5-15. Faith is a living seed sown by God, but it cannot survive in the air of ideology or emotion—it must take root in the heart. Fr. Anthony calls us to cultivate this inner soil through the ancient disciplines of the Church so that our faith … [Continue reading]
The Cosmic Implications of the Golden Rule
October 10, 2025 By
St. Luke 6:31-36The Gospel's "Golden Rule" reveals more than an ethical ideal—it unveils the way God heals His creation. Fr. Anthony shows how practicing mercy, even toward our enemies, transforms hearts and communities, turning the parish itself … [Continue reading]
Class on Journey to Reality Chapter 5 – Personal Truth
October 10, 2025 By
Filling all things… Journey to Reality Chapter Five: Sacramental Thinking St John 14: 1-7. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told … [Continue reading]
Homily – Except the Lord Build the House: Christ at the Center of Marriage and Parish Life
September 29, 2025 By
St. Luke 5:1-11. Drawing on St. Luke's account of Christ calling His disciples to become fishers of men, this homily explores why marriages and parishes often falter when built on human strength alone. Fr. Anthony reminds us that brokenness, poor … [Continue reading]
Men’s Group – The Orthodox Ecclesiology of Manliness (Virtue)
September 27, 2025 By
This episode introduces our series on Orthodox Christian virtue, beginning with the call to authentic masculinity. Fr. Anthony explains that true manhood is humble, courageous, and sacrificial, and can only be formed through living a life in … [Continue reading]
