Meditations August 1, 2026

The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos: Learning How to Die by Learning How to Live

Each August the Orthodox Church invites us to pause and celebrate the most beautiful feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, a feast filled with hope, joy, and the promise of the Resurrection.

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Meditations July 1, 2026

Celebrating Freedom

July is a time of honoring the bonds of friends and family with gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy in this nation. In the Church, the July calendar invites us to appreciate a different kind of freedom, one that’s not merely the absence of external restraints from worldly authorities.

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Meditations June 1, 2026

Orthodoxy and Generative AI: A Framework for Reflection

Probably the most significant technological development of this decade has been the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Its implementation and associated promises have been the source of economic investment and speculation, of hope for a better future, and of growing skepticism.

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Meditations May 1, 2026

Living in the Light of the Resurrection

The Resurrection means not only that Christ is risen, but that we are called to rise with Him. For God became man so that man might become, by grace, a participant in His life - not as a concept, but as life itself.

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Meditations April 1, 2026

Joseph Rising: A Prefiguring and a Judgment

On Holy Monday we commemorate the Righteous Joseph, who, when his story begins, is the only son of Jacob by Rachel, highly favored by his father, and blessed by God with gifts of discernment and the interpretation of dreams.

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