2019 November 3, 2019: Luke 16:19-31, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:51:11+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 10, 2019: Luke 10:25-37, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:52:09+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 10, 2019: Luke 10:25-37, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:53:06+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 17, 2019: Luke 12:16-21, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:57:07+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 17, 2019: Luke 12:16-21, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:58:03+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 24, 2019: Luke 18:18-271, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:58:53+00:00 Full Article
2019 November 24, 2019: Luke 18:18-271, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T01:59:56+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 1, 2019: Luke 18:35-43, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:01:54+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 8, 2019: Luke 13:10-17, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:02:46+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 8, 2019: Luke 13:10-17, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:03:34+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 15, 2019: Luke 14:16-24, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:04:29+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 15, 2019: Luke 14:16-24, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:05:27+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 22, 2019: Matthew 1:1-25, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:06:21+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 22, 2019: Matthew 1:1-25, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:07:22+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 29, 2019: Matthew 2:13-23, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:08:15+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 29, 2019: Matthew 2:13-23, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:10:37+00:00 Full Article
2019 December 1, 2019: Luke 18:35-43, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-21T02:11:37+00:00 Full Article
2019 January 27, 2019: Luke 19:1-10, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-22T21:24:51+00:00 Full Article
2019 January 27, 2019: Luke 19:1-10, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-22T21:24:56+00:00 Full Article
2019 June 16, 2019: John 7:37-52; 8:12, Read for Older Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-22T21:28:30+00:00 Full Article
2019 June 16, 2019: John 7:37-52; 8:12, Told for Younger Children By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-22T21:28:41+00:00 Full Article
2019 False Gods on the Theophany Icon (Jan. 6, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:07:51+00:00 Springboarding off a blog post by Fr. Stephen De Young ('Theophany and the River Gods'), Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses what Theophany means in terms of God's defeat of false religion. Full Article
2019 The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand, So How Do I Repent? (Jan. 13, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:10:44+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick unpacks the preaching of Christ and John the Forerunner—'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand'—discussing what all of those terms really mean for everyday Christian life. Full Article
2019 The Power of Remembering Jesus Christ (Feb. 10, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:12:08+00:00 Memory is powerful. And to a significant degree, it makes us what we are, shapes how we experience life, and influences what we do and say. And the acts of remembering that we engage in further shape us. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses all this in terms of St. Paul's admonition to St. Timothy to remember the risen Jesus Christ. Full Article
2019 The Prodigal Gets It Both Right and Wrong (Feb. 24, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:13:17+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses the parable of the Prodigal Son, how he asks to return as a servant but is instead given sonship, expanding on this theme in terms of the ways in the spiritual life what we desire from God is often not what He is offering. Full Article
2019 Three Falls of Man and Return to Paradise (Mar. 10, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:14:35+00:00 Looking at the Fall of Man as three distinct 'falls,' Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick uses the major themes of Forgiveness Sunday to discuss making the journey 'backwards' into Paradise. Full Article
2019 The Annunciation and the Buffered Self (Mar. 24, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:16:36+00:00 Speaking on the Forefeast of the Annunciation, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick describes the feast as being God's answer to the buffered, fenced-in selves that we ironically construct to protect ourselves even while desiring someone to reach out in love. Full Article
2019 Henry David Thoreau and Mary of Egypt (Apr. 14, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:19:15+00:00 On the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick compares her journey into the wilderness with a similar journey made in the 19th c. by Henry David Thoreau. What is it that each hoped for by making that journey? Full Article
2019 The Struggle for Prayer (Apr. 21, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:20:07+00:00 Using one of the major hymns for the feast of Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick talks about the struggle to pray, how it works and why it's worth doing. Full Article
2019 Christ is risen! The Paschal Homily on the Road (Apr. 28, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:23:20+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick preaches the Paschal homily of St. John Chrysostom at the feast and adds a story about a time when he shared Chrysostom's words in a non-Orthodox setting. Full Article
2019 St. Joseph of Arimathea: In the World but Not of It (May 12, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:25:33+00:00 The details we know from St. Joseph of Arimathea's participation in his community, including its governance, show him to be a man who was fully in his world but not of it. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses his example and how to apply it ourselves. Full Article
2019 St Columba and the Water of Artbranan (June 9, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:28:04+00:00 On the feast of St. Columba of Iona, Fr. Andrew shares a scene from his life in which a pagan's baptism changes a piece of the world. He also shares another incident from the saint's life in which he uses his prophetic gift to help two men into the Kingdom of Heaven. Full Article
2019 The Saint is One Who Has Come Home (June 23, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:29:47+00:00 On the Sunday of All Saints, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick asks the question: What does it mean to be a saint? And the answer he explores is: The saint is one who has come home. So what does that mean? Full Article
2019 The Apostles Enthroned (June 30, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:31:23+00:00 On the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses their eschatological future as enthroned on twelve thrones, judging Israel, the nations and even angels, and explaining that we are also called to the same enthronement. Full Article
2019 History is Necessary for Christianity (July 7, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:33:52+00:00 Using St. Paul's comments about the Law of Moses in Gal. 3-4 especially in light of the Apostolic Council of Acts 15, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick argues that history is not just important for the Christian but actually necessary to Christian theology. Full Article
2019 When God Showed Up at the Meeting (July 14, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:35:23+00:00 With the Sunday of the Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick tells the story of how God showed up at the meeting and also meditates on what happens when we actually expect Him to show. Full Article
2019 Which God Are You Sacrificing To? (July 21, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:37:20+00:00 Using St. Paul's language about 'zeal not according to knowledge' (Rom. 10:2), Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick points out that our zeal is often for sacrificing to false gods, even when we may not see it that way, and gives direction on how to redirect that zeal for sacrifice toward the one true God Jesus Christ. Full Article
2019 We Are Training Ourselves for Selfishness (Aug. 4, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:39:04+00:00 Every day, we make hundreds of small choices that train us for selfishness. How does that affect our behavior, and how do we train ourselves to be like Christ instead? Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick explores some of our everyday experiences and what they mean for eternity. Full Article
2019 Feed Your God or Be Fed By God (Aug. 11, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:40:27+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick compares the account of the Prophet Daniel and the idol Bel (Baal) in the Old Testament to the Feeding of the 5000 in the New. What does it mean when we have to feed our gods? Full Article
2019 The Acceptable Year of the Lord (Sept. 1, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:41:25+00:00 With the Church New Year (the Indiction), Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses why the Church set Sept. 1 as its new year and also what time means for the Christian and how we use it for our growth in the knowledge of God. Full Article
2019 Freedom from False Gods to Worship the One True God (Sept. 8, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:43:04+00:00 Using the images of the Exodus, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick shows how the Hebrews were freed from slavery not just to the Egyptians but to their gods. And with that freedom, they worship the one true God by using the Ark of the Covenant within the Tabernacle, prefigurations of the Holy Theotokos, whose Nativity is being celebrated. Full Article
2019 A Star of Hope (Sept. 29, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:44:39+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick asks: Is it any wonder that, since the shaping of the world into order from formlessness and void in Genesis was begun with a light shining in the darkness, that the coming of Christ into this broken world of chaos and horror would also be begun with a star shining in the darkness? Full Article
2019 The Visitation of God (Oct 6, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:47:03+00:00 Speaking on the raising of the son of the widow of Nain, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick gives us the 'backstory' on what it means when God visits His people and about how we can be prepared for this visitation. Full Article
2019 A Revelation at Hamatoura (Oct. 13, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:49:22+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick preaches on the feast of St. Jacob of Hamatoura, who had been forgotten and yet made himself known again, telling what it means that God gives us saints and why He does so. Full Article
2019 Christ the Cheerful Giver (Oct. 20, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:50:21+00:00 'God loves a cheerful giver.' We might take that as an ironic thing to say, especially since we usually don't feel like giving -- especially our money. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick opens up what this 'cheerfulness' is about and Who it comes from and why. Full Article
2019 What Would Happen If God Just Showed Up? (Nov. 3, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:51:37+00:00 Sometimes, we wish God would just show up so that He would remove all our doubts and we could believe in Him without question. But what are we really asking for? What would happen? Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses this question in light of the Gospel of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Full Article
2019 The Reintegration of the Christian (Nov. 10, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:53:21+00:00 Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick highlights a passage from a speech by Patriarch John X of Antioch that emphasizes the integrative character of the Christian life, giving over all things to God and thus becoming whole, including some extra notes about how Orthodoxy is neither anti-intellectual nor elitist. Full Article
2019 What Is Your Life, Anyway? (Nov. 17, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:55:30+00:00 With the parable of the Rich Fool, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick explores where life really comes from and why feeling deep feelings about God is not the same thing as loving Him. Full Article
2019 Leaving the City of Cain (Dec. 22, 2019) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T22:59:37+00:00 Abraham is called by God out of Ur of the Chaldees, a descendant of the civilization founded by the first murderer Cain. Yet when he reached the Promised Land, he lived in tents. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discusses why and how this relates to Christmas and to us. Full Article
2019 Introduction to the 2019 OCF Podcast By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-10-30T15:57:43+00:00 OCF Podcast Student Leader Kassiani Mamalakis introduces the focus and themes of this year's collection of podcasts geared toward Orthodox Christian college students. Full Article