In an often harsh world, a gentle spirit is a reflection of the life of Christ within us.

Dr. Rossi uses the analogy of his GPS to bring home a point about how the Lord guides our way.

Dr. Albert Rossi continues his reflections on the profound statement by St. Silouan the Athonite, "Keep your mind in hell and despair not."

Dr. Albert Rossi reflects on the profound statement by St. Silouan the Athonite, "Keep your mind in hell and despair not."

There are no words to express the depth of our sorrow when we think of the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut. Fr. Tom Soroka provides a Christian perspective on sorrow as he reminds us of our utter dependance on God.

Fr. Philip LeMasters, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Religion at McMurry University, reflects on a recent trip to India and the many different faith communities and configurations that he encountered there.

Fr. Lawrence Farley reminds us that the resolution to our fearful inability to know and plan for the future lies in trusting Jesus.

Fr. Lawrence Farley comments on the hymn that the three youths ostensibly sang in the fiery furnace.

Mark Moraitakis, Senior Director of Customer Foresight at Chick-fil-A, presents a leadership workshop at Hellenic College Holy Cross on developing the heart of a servant leader.

When the Evangelical Orthodox Church came into canonical Orthodoxy 20 years ago, not all parishes were ready. This is the story of one such parish coming along much later in their history. Find out why and what they are up to now.

Bobby Maddex interviews Christiana Thanos, the producer of Lucky Girls, a documentary film about the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Girls' Orphanage in Calcutta, India, and the coordinator of a campaign to raise $4,000 during the 40 days of Lent for this same orphanage.

Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Abbot of the Monastery of St. John of San Francisco, participates in the Anne and Theodore Phillips Paschal Lecture Series at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago. The title of his talk is "Finding Silence in a Noisy World: The Role of the Monastery in modern day Orthodoxy in America."

We are excited to announce a new call-in show starting January 24, 2017, with Fr. Nicholas and Dr. (Presbytera) Roxanne Louh. Meet this vibrant couple from Jacksonville, FL, where they serve at St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church. Healthy Minds Healthy Souls will broadcast on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM Central, 8:00 PM Eastern on the Talk Station of AFR.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds speaks at the Acton Institute on "Beauty and the Destruction of the Individual." Dr. Reynolds is the President of The Saint Constantine School, a K-college classical Orthodox school in Houston. He is also a Senior Fellow of Humanities at The King’s College in New York City, and a Fellow of the Center For Science and Culture at The Discovery Institute.

Bobby Maddex interviews Lea Povozhaev, the author of the memoir titled Finding Love, Family, and God: Living the Orthodox Christian Tradition, now in its second edition. Click here to find the book on Goodreads, and please feel free to contact Lea at dpovo AT sbcglobal.net.

Russia has suffered catastrophic losses during its invasion of Ukraine, but its policies suggest the end justifies the means. / The Guardian

Mara Karlin: An era of limited war has ended; an age of comprehensive conflict has begun. / Foreign Affairs

A new rideshare company in South Africa is reportedly using intimidation to coerce drivers and passengers. / rest of world

In the past two years, Donald Trump has called for every major American TV news network to be punished. / Reliable Sources

An ethicist says making presidents and candidates share their medical history is a bad idea. / STAT

Street psychiatrists in Los Angeles offer a solution for mentally ill people—basically, "DoorDash for meds." / The New York Times [+]

Related: Observations from an hour spent last week in an LA coffeeshop. / Meditations in an Emergency

The WNBA players union opts out of its collective bargaining agreement, two years before its expiration. / The Associated Press

Unrelated: Multiply the number two by itself 136,279,841 times, minus one, and you get the new largest known prime number. / The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

The late-in-life partner of Oliver Sacks movingly recalls the neurologist's search to build a cohesive life. / The New York Times [+]

Anthony Bourdain's french fries recipe. "If you don't blanch your fries first, you'll get a scandalously bad result." / The Melt

See also: Remembering Ka, the "quiet sage" of underground rap (and firefighter). / Pitchfork

"A group of woodcocks is a fall. A flock of seagulls is annoying." Some ruminations on words connected to wood. / Harper's

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The release of Windows 11 is still a number of months away, and we're still learning a lot about Microsoft's latest operating system update. In addition to the confusion about hardware requirements, there have been questions about other necessities.

Microsoft is changing its famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to black in Windows 11. The software giant started testing its new design changes in a Windows 11 preview earlier this week, but the Black Screen of Death isn’t fully enabled yet. The Verge understands Microsoft will be switching to a Black Screen of Death for Windows 11, matching the new black logon and shutdown screens.

Fr. Pat explains the importance of hearing the word of God, putting on Christ, and having common sense.

Part of our communion with God is our connection to the saints; chief among them after the Theotokos are Peter and Paul.

Fr. Pat reflects on Luke's version of the blind man in Jericho.

The radical path taken by Peter, James, and John in Luke 5 to forsake all and follow Christ is a path for us as well. It has has a fundamental effect on our imagination and memory, our approach to knowledge, and our relationship to truth.

Fr. Pat talks to us about an important theme from the Epistle to the Hebrews, namely “today”, beginning with the question: “what does it mean for a human being to “be present”?

It is imperative always to follow the light—never the darkness. The light is given to us in Christ our Lord and conveyed through the teaching of the Church.

The story of the Gadarene Demoniac in Luke 8 provokes three questions which are important for us to ask today.

In this reflection, Fr. Pat considers what we have to learn from those in the Nativity story who look into the sky and ponder the moon and the stars.

With the coming of the Light, there are three responses: that of the Pharisees, that of the parents of the blind man, and that of the blind man himself.

This past Sunday evening All Saints Church hosted a Pan-Orthodox Prayer Service for the Sanctity of Life, sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Chicago. Fr. Pat was the guest speaker. These were his remarks.

Does labeling people help us understand them better, or does it hide the God-given beauty within us all?

“Let us return, brethren, to ourselves...For we cannot be reconciled with God and assimilated to Him unless we first return, or rather, enter into ourselves... For the miracle consists in tearing ourselves away from the distraction and vain concerns of the world and in this way relentlessly seizing hold of the kingdom of heaven within us.” St Nikiphoros the Monk, On Watchfulness and the Guarding of the Heart, Philokalia vol. 4) What this Episode is About: A main goal of the Christian life is to keep our attention focused on Christ. We’re called to drink deeply of the Church’s wisdom so we can master our attention and see Christ at work in all things. But the internet is designed to capture that attention and focus it on things that are superficial at best or toxic at worst. Three Questions as You Watch: 1. What are the limits you’re placing on your social media use? 2. Is your life centered in real communities or artificial internet communities? 3. How does the stuff you’re watching or reading or listening to on the internet help you keep your attention on Christ?

Kevin's guest is Rita Madden, host of the AFR podcast "Food, Faith, and Fasting." Rita is a Registered Dietitian who finds inspiration in the great role that the Orthodox Christian faith can play in her modern-day healthcare profession. Here she discusses caring for your health in a spiritually minded manner.

In this special edition of Ancient Faith Today, Kevin speaks, in this extensive interview, with David Daleiden, the director of the Center For Medical Progress, the pro-life activist organization that planned and produced the ​exposé videos that have shaken the abortion industry in the United States.

In this two-part interview Kevin's guest is "George," who became a Sunni Muslim at age 14 and studied to become an Imam at a madrasa, studying Quran, Arabic language, Islamic theology, hadith, and jurisprudence. He left Islam and became an Orthodox Christian 20 years later. Among other things, Kevin and his guest discuss Islamic theology, common misunderstandings of Christianity by Muslims, differences between "orthodox" Islam and the Nation of Islam, the true understanding and practice in Islam of slavery and jihad, and the extraordinary journey that led "George" to Orthodox Christianity.

In this two-part interview Kevin's guest is "George," who became a Sunni Muslim at age 14 and studied to become an Imam at a madrasa, studying Quran, Arabic language, Islamic theology, hadith, and jurisprudence. He left Islam and became an Orthodox Christian 20 years later. Among other things, Kevin and his guest discuss Islamic theology, common misunderstandings of Christianity by Muslims, differences between "orthodox" Islam and the Nation of Islam, the true understanding and practice in Islam of slavery and jihad, and the extraordinary journey that led "George" to Orthodox Christianity.

We are seeing eastern meditation and mind-body practices like hatha yoga, tai chi, qi gong; and mindfulness-based therapy gaining wide credibility and attracting more and more adherents. Whether we as Orthodox should adopt eastern spiritual mind-body practices is a matter of great debate in the Orthodox Church. In this edition of Ancient Faith Today, Kevin discusses with his guest Christopher Kies what “Mindfulness” meditation is in its secular and Buddhist spiritual contexts; the Orthodox Christian correlative approach of Nipsis or Watchfulness; how they differ in goals and approaches; and whether formal Mindfulness meditation practices are appropriate for Orthodox Christians.

The Man Born Blind is able to sum up his bit of the Gospel in twelve words. What about you? What is the Gospel to you?

Judas or Mary - your choice.

Is there hope for us if we have weeds in the garden of our souls? Well . . . there are weeds in every garden, but when we open our hearts to Christ we begin to see fruit and flowers he cultivates in the wildness of our souls.

A mastermind group is a group of people who come together to share ideas, solve problems, and help each other grow. An ideal group has people who are at similar levels in their career or business. While members are typically in similar industries, each should have a different specialization and bring a complementary skill set. […]

The Search Engine Experiment gives you the results from Yahoo, MSN, and Google without saying which is which. Currently, 41% of those who have taken the test picked Google (33% Yahoo, 26% MSN).

What is the secret behind South Africa’s eight-man machine – arguably the most formidable and feared scrum in rugby?

Finding a good domain name is hard. If you're like me, you've spent absurd amounts of time on this task. Including time which would be much better spent building your product/website/company. Here are a list of tools I use which...

It’s been a couple years since my last post here, and once again it’s December and I’ve been doing a fair bit of reflecting. I love this blog. I love writing. But I’ve decided to try something new. I’ve launched a newsletter called Focused Chaos. I’ll be writing there about startups, investing, venture studios, product […]

Jon Rahm’s play-off defeat in the Spanish Open by the world number 398 shows golf’s enduring capacity to yield upsets - but this trait rarely extends to the Presidents Cup, writes Iain Carter.

England's Liz Young wins the Women's Indian Open by one shot to claim her second Ladies European Tour title.

Australian golfer Jeffrey Guan has lost sight in his left eye after being hit by a ball at a pro-am tournament.

Anwen Roberts was heartbroken after finding her cards were sold on Temu without her permission.

The BBC's Nikita Mandhani reflects on her personal experience of the second wave in India.