1 Lent and Priesthood #1: The Priesthood of Humility (Sermon Feb. 5, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T03:58:15+00:00 With this first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew begins a 10-week sermon series on the priesthood, focusing this Sunday on what is taught by the parable of the Publican and Pharisee. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #2: The Priesthood of Return (Sermon Feb. 12, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T03:59:36+00:00 Using the parable of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Andrew continues his series on the priesthood, discussing how the priesthood is exercised by each of the main characters in the story. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #3: The Priesthood of the Last Judgment (Sermon Feb. 19, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T04:01:19+00:00 Fr. Andrew describes the Last Judgment as a priestly, liturgical act. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #4: The Priesthood of Forgiveness (Sermon Feb. 26, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:18:49+00:00 Continuing his series on the priesthood, Fr. Andrew discusses the act of forgiveness as a priestly offering. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #5: The Priesthood of Reconnection (Sermon March 4, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:19:18+00:00 On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew preaches on the incarnation, iconography and how the priesthood ties them together. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #6: The Priesthood of Union (Sermon Mar. 12, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:21:08+00:00 Reflecting on the theological contributions of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew talks about the priesthood in terms of how it unites us with God. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #7: The Priesthood of Sacrifice (Sermon Mar. 19, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:21:52+00:00 On this Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross, Fr. Andrew speaks on the ultimate priestly act of Jesus on the cross—sacrifice. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #8: The Priesthood of Hope (Sermon Mar. 26, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-02T19:23:49+00:00 On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Fr. Andrew discusses the link St. Paul makes in Hebrews 6:18-20 between hope and the priesthood of Christ. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #9: The Priesthood of Purification (Sermon Apr. 2, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-03T02:43:51+00:00 With the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew uses both her life and the reading from Hebrews to discuss the priesthood of Christ in terms of purification. Full Article
1 Lent and Priesthood #10: The Priesthood of Paradox (Sermon Apr. 9, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-03T02:44:53+00:00 Fr. Andrew wraps up his 10-week sermon series on the priesthood with his Palm Sunday emphasis on paradox. Full Article
1 The Priesthood After the Resurrection (Sermon Apr. 23, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-03T02:46:22+00:00 Reflecting on both the Sunday of St. Thomas and the feast of St. George, Fr. Andrew looks back on his sermon series on the priesthood and asks what this ministry means in the light of the resurrection. Full Article
1 Receiving the Body of Jesus: Holy Communion and Joseph of Arimathea (Sermon Apr. 30, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:05:59+00:00 On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew presents St. Theophylact's teaching on how Joseph of Arimathea's care for the body of Jesus is an image of receiving Holy Communion. Full Article
1 What's the Point of Miracles? (Sermon May 7, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:07:01+00:00 On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew discusses three miraculous healings and how these kinds of experiences fit into the Christian life. Full Article
1 Christianity is Historical and Therefore Makes Demands (Sermon May 14, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:08:54+00:00 Using Jesus' observation to the Samaritan woman at the well that 'salvation is from the Jews,' Fr. Andrew discusses the historical particularity of the Christian faith. Full Article
1 Jesus Doesn't Fit Into My Life (Sermon May 21, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:09:23+00:00 Fr. Andrew discusses the idea of Christianity being an important part of life on this Sunday of the Blind Man. Full Article
1 Did Jesus Abandon Us at the Ascension? (Sermon May 28, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-04T22:09:48+00:00 Discussing the idea that the Ascension was Jesus abandoning His flock, Fr. Andrew unpacks what's really going on in the feast, what it says about Who Jesus is, about what His mission is, and about our salvation and our mission. Full Article
1 The Descent of God in Fire: Pentecost and the Exodus (Sermon June 4, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-06T21:27:52+00:00 With the great feast of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses it as a fulfillment of the Old Testament Exodus from Egypt. Full Article
1 Can We Do What the Saints Did? (Sermon June 11, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-06T21:28:17+00:00 With the Sunday of All Saints, Fr. Andrew discusses how the saints could do what they did and what it really means for us to be like them. Full Article
1 Becoming Fishers of Men: A How-To (Sermon June 18, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-06T21:28:46+00:00 Jesus says to His disciples and us: Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. And then He shows us how it's done. Full Article
1 Jesus Didn't Come to Earth to Help Us (Sermon June 25, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-07-06T21:29:08+00:00 Focusing on Christ's command to 'seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness', Fr. Andrew fleshes out what that means in terms of our participation in Christ. Full Article
1 Is Faith Like in the Bible Even Possible? (Sermon July 2, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:53:50+00:00 Using the example of the centurion, who believes that Jesus will heal his servant with just a word, Fr. Andrew asks if that kind of faith is even possible in our own age. Full Article
1 Where Does Zeal for God Come From? (Sermon July 9, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:54:59+00:00 Using Paul's criticism of those who have a "zeal for God, but not according to knowledge," Fr. Andrew discusses various types of that kind of zeal and addresses where the true zeal for God comes from. Full Article
1 Orthodox Christology and Why It Matters (Sermon July 16, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:56:11+00:00 Fr. Andrew summarizes and explains Orthodox Christology with the feast of the Sunday of the Fourth Ecumenical Council. Full Article
1 The Prophet-Priest Ezekiel (Sermon July 23, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-04T04:56:56+00:00 On the feast of the Prophet Ezekiel, Fr. Andrew gives an overview of his life and discusses some images from his book of prophecy. Full Article
1 Is Orthodox Christianity Always the Same? (Sermon July 30, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:10:05+00:00 Discussing St. Paul's admonition that we 'all speak the same thing,' Fr. Andrew discusses which elements of Orthodox Christianity cannot vary and which can and do. Full Article
1 The Transfiguration as Model for Ministry (Sermon Aug. 6, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:12:01+00:00 Celebrating the great feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, Fr. Andrew discusses how what we learn from it about Who Jesus is also teaches us about how to do ministry. And he gives one suggestion for applying what we learn. Full Article
1 Holiness How-To: Imitate our Gospel Parents (Sermon Aug. 13, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:13:08+00:00 Using Paul's exhortation to the Corinthians to imitate him as their father in the Gospel, Fr. Andrew expands this outward to discuss the role of spiritual fathers and mothers in our lives. Full Article
1 The Birth of a Prophet (Sermon Aug. 20, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:14:20+00:00 Using the occasion of the feast of the Prophet Samuel, Fr. Andrew tells the story of his birth and connects that with salvation history and with our own lives. Full Article
1 A Tale of Two Rich Young Men (Sermon Aug. 27, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-08-31T18:18:58+00:00 Fr. Andrew talks about Jesus' response to the rich young man on how to gain eternal life and connects it with a piece of 3rd century Church history and with our own lives. Full Article
1 Whose Vineyard is This, Anyway? (Sermon Sept. 3, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-07T23:38:19+00:00 In Christ's telling of the parable of the vineyard and its wicked tenants, Fr. Andrew connects the story directly with our own lives in the Church. Full Article
1 Love vs. Truth: Who Wins? (Sermon Sept. 10, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-07T23:41:28+00:00 Discussing the famous verses John 3:16-17, Fr. Andrew talks about the relationship between love and truth—which one will win? Full Article
1 Of Course I'm Not Ashamed of Jesus! (Sept. 17, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-07T23:48:51+00:00 Featuring an all-new format for the podcast, Fr. Andrew discusses the Gospel reading where Jesus talks about being ashamed of him and what will happen when he comes again to earth—will he be ashamed of us? What does it mean to be ashamed, anyway? Full Article
1 The Age of Taking Church for Granted is Over (Sept. 24, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-10-07T23:50:17+00:00 Fr. Andrew talks about the religious and irreligious space we now inhabit and draws on the writings of a saint of celebrated on the day, Silouan the Athonite, for a way forward. (Spoiler alert: Our age is more like the apostles' age.) Full Article
1 Love is Not a Two-Way Street (Oct. 1, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:42:19+00:00 Discussing Jesus' command in Luke 6 to love our enemies, Fr. Andrew talks about what that means in daily life, who are enemies are, and just what love actually is. Bonus commentary addresses a complication: Do you have to love an abuser? Full Article
1 God Has Visited His People (Oct. 8, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:44:45+00:00 With the raising of the son of the widow of Nain, Jesus gives people an experience of God who are not used to seeing God. Fr. Andrew further comments on how we see God even in our difficult modern world. Full Article
1 Is the Church a Refuge? (Oct. 22, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:45:57+00:00 With the Parable of the Sower, Fr. Andrew connects the need for a seed to fall into the ground and die in order to be fruitful with how we thwart that process with a distorted view of the Church, as expressed by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom. Full Article
1 The Chosen Vessel (Oct. 29, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:46:54+00:00 Fr. Andrew looks at the conversion story of St. Paul and relates that to how each of us is also called to be a 'chosen vessel' of the Lord. Full Article
1 Is Our Giving Worthy of Our Calling? (Nov. 26, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:48:12+00:00 Connecting both St. Paul's command to 'walk worthy' of the calling we received with the Gospel account of the rich man who asks Jesus about eternal life, Fr. Andrew takes on the question of how we give to God in our churches. Full Article
1 Walk as Wise (Dec. 3, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:49:02+00:00 In looking at St. Paul's exhortation to 'walk not as unwise, but as wise,' Fr. Andrew talks about what that means and contrasts it with how we usually use our wisdom. Full Article
1 Why Do We Do Ministry Without God? (Dec. 10, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:49:47+00:00 Using St. Paul's image of putting on the whole armor of God in wrestling against spiritual powers of darkness, Fr. Andrew applies this to how we do ministry in church and in our own lives. Full Article
1 A Christmas More Meaningful Than Magical (Sermon Dec. 25, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-24T05:20:46+00:00 In his Nativity sermon, Fr. Andrew discusses how negative experiences at Christmas reveal the feast's true purpose. Full Article
1 There is No Christmas and No Church Without History (Dec. 24, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:23:43+00:00 With his Christmas Eve sermon, Fr. Andrew emphasizes that history is not just an aspect of the Church but key to the whole Christian Gospel. In his additional commentary, he shares a meditation titled 'Who Shall I Be at Christmas?' Full Article
1 The Four-Point Spiritual Life (Dec. 31, 2017) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:24:45+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick focuses on the four phrases in 2 Tim. 4:5 ('Be watchful in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry') and uses that verse as a summary of what it means to be Christian. Full Article
1 Why Repent? What Kingdom? (Jan. 14, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:26:00+00:00 After His baptism, the Lord Jesus begins His preaching: 'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,' and Fr. Andrew unpacks what that means for us. He also gives further comment and talks about his anticipation for going on a very special pilgrimage. Full Article
1 The Prodigal's Prayer and Repentance: A Single Movement (Feb. 4, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:15:13+00:00 Reflecting on his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick connects some of the wisdom he heard there with the parable of the Prodigal Son and what that means for our own prayer and repentance. Full Article
1 Lent and Judgment are About Jesus (Feb. 11, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:16:36+00:00 With the Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick makes the point that both the question of what we eat during Lent and how we understand the coming Judgment are really about our orientation toward Jesus. Full Article
1 Everything and All is Christ (Mar. 4, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:17:49+00:00 Sharing more of the wisdom he learned from his experience Athonite monasticism, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses how even at the heart of where everything is being done 'right,' the Orthodox Christians there are focused completely on Jesus Christ. Full Article
1 Self-Denial Is an Invitation (Mar. 11, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:18:45+00:00 Jesus said that anyone who would come after Him should deny themselves and take up their crosses. We may think this is about doing hard, painful things, but Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick tells us it's actually an invitation. Full Article
1 The Old Gods Had Been Too Small (Mar. 25, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:21:12+00:00 On the great feast of the Annunciation, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick speaks of how very different was the God Who revealed Himself in Jesus Christ than the lesser deities who had been worshiped before. Full Article
1 The Triumphal Entry of Christ into the Heart (Apr. 1, 2018) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T21:22:57+00:00 Jesus enters triumphantly into the Holy City of Jerusalem, as celebrated on Palm Sunday. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick relates that to His entry into the Jerusalem that is our hearts and talks about what happens when that occurs. Full Article