and Baptism Into Data: Orthodox Christian Reflections and Comparisons with Evangelical Evangelism By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:33:42+00:00 In this presentation, Fr. Andrew compares the data-centered efforts of Evangelical Protestant Evangelism, with the church-centered efforts of Orthodox Evangelism. Full Article
and The Prophet and the Healer (Sermon Oct. 27, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:37:31+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew explains how Jesus can be both the public Prophet who speaks for God, and the gentle, private Healer. Full Article
and The Ecstasy and the Laundry (Sermon Nov. 3, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:42:00+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew discusses what Saint Paul defines as the ecstasy within the Church. Full Article
and Orthodoxy and the Rules (Sermon Nov. 24, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:29:19+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks, what is the place of the rules and regulations of the Orthodox Church in the spiritual life? Full Article
and The Orthodox Christian and Public Discourse: Racism, Bullying, Intolerance and the Media By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:31:16+00:00 How do the media determine public discourse? Are bullying, racism, etc., the biggest problems of our day? Are these things common or becoming bigger problems? What is at the root of these behaviors? Why do people bully? Why do they have racist attitudes? What makes people intolerant? What should we as Orthodox Christians do when we encounter these behaviors in others? What should we do when we are tempted to engage in them ourselves? What are some spiritual strategies for preparing to encounter these behaviors in others, in ourselves, or in discussion? Full Article
and Incarnate Faith in a Virtual World: Orthodox Christianity and Social Media By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:34:20+00:00 Chatter about the Orthodox Faith abounds in social media but not all of it is true. How should Orthodox Christians approach Facebook, Twitter, etc., both in terms of their own posts but also in reading posts by others? Fr. Andrew Damick shares some reflections as well as his own guidelines for using social media. Full Article
and The Shepherd and the Tax Collector (Sermon Feb. 9, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:46:27+00:00 On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew explores the role of humility in learning to pray to God. Full Article
and The Incarnation and the Last Judgment (Sermon Feb. 23, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:42:04+00:00 On this Sunday of of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew focuses on what the righteous and the wicked experience at the Last Judgment through the Incarnation. Full Article
and Keeping Our Children (and Ourselves) in Church for Life (Sermon Apr. 13, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:46:14+00:00 On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew shows how what sociologists have observed about how both kids and adults stay in church long-term is built into the Orthodox tradition. Full Article
and Spiritual Paralysis and the Resurrection (Sermon May 11, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:51:05+00:00 On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew speaks of the many ways in which we become spiritually paralyzed and how Christ can cure us. Full Article
and Becoming a Bridge: Christ and the Woman at the Well (Sermon May 18, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:52:10+00:00 On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew examines how Christ becomes a bridge for her, how she becomes a bridge between Him and her people, and how we may also become bridges. Full Article
and Spiritual Renewal and the Healing of the Blind (Sermon May 25, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:53:51+00:00 On this Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew explores how our spiritual sight can be healed and we can move from being only institutionally related to the Church to fully engaged in its life. Full Article
and Death and the Saints (Sermon June 15, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:57:18+00:00 On this Sunday of All Saints, Fr. Andrew speaks of how the saints were able to face death and what the resurrection means for us even before death. Full Article
and St. Sisoes and the Bible (Sermon July 6, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:00:55+00:00 On the feast of St. Sisoes the Great, Fr. Andrew comments on how St. Sisoes was able to understand both death and life through the story of the Holy Scriptures. Full Article
and Chalcedon and the God-man (Sermon July 13, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:02:11+00:00 On this Sunday of the Fourth Ecumenical Council (held in Chalcedon in AD 451), Fr. Andrew describes the definition of faith of this council and what it means for our salvation. Full Article
and The Prophet and His God (Sermon July 20, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:03:14+00:00 On this feast of the Prophet Elias, Fr. Andrew focuses on a moment when Elias meets with God on Mount Horeb. Full Article
and The Outsider God: The Cross and the Divinity of Jesus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:11:20+00:00 On this feast of the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew shows how the Cross reveals the divinity of Jesus. Full Article
and A Faith that is More Than Thinking and Feeling (Sermon Oct. 12, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:18:12+00:00 With the coincidence of the commemorations of the Seventh Ecumenical Council and Symeon the New Theologian, Fr. Andrew reflects on how these two feasts together reveal a crucial component of spiritual life. Full Article
and The Soldier, the Athlete and the Farmer (Sermon Oct. 26, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:19:56+00:00 Fr. Andrew unpacks three metaphors used by St. Paul in 2 Timothy 2:1-10. Full Article
and Justification and the Works of the Law (Sermon Nov. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:01:46+00:00 Reflecting on St. Paul's discussion of justification in Gal. 2:16-20, Fr. Andrew describes the difference between the faith and works of the Law of Moses and the faith and works of righteousness in Christ. Full Article
and What Are We Waiting For?: Andrew, Advent and Emmanuel (Sermon Nov. 30, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:09:29+00:00 On this feast of the Apostle Andrew the First-called, Fr. Andrew locates his legacy in the waiting of Advent. Full Article
and St. Ignatius and Martyrdom (Sermon Dec. 21, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:13:34+00:00 On this Sunday before the Nativity, Fr. Andrew speaks on St. Ignatius and martyrdom in the Christmas story and the spiritual life in general. Full Article
and Your Own Personal Jesus: Christmas and Paul (Sermon Dec. 28, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:15:42+00:00 On this Sunday after the Nativity of Christ, Fr. Andrew talks about Paul's personal sense of Christ in himself. Full Article
and Theophany and Evangelism (Sermon Jan. 4, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:17:35+00:00 On this Sunday before Theophany, Fr. Andrew speaks of how the feast prepares us to evangelize both ourselves and others. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #1: The Publican and Pharisee (Sermon Feb. 1, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:24:37+00:00 On this first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew begins his 10-part sermon series on evangelism and the Lenten Triodion, showing how humility is the key to making a good beginning. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #4: Forgiveness and the Expulsion from Paradise (Sermon Feb. 22, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:28:22+00:00 On this Forgiveness Sunday, continuing his series on Lenten evangelism, Fr. Andrew discusses the Expulsion from Paradise as a key element of the Gospel, as well as forgiveness as the path back to Paradise. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #5: Come and See (Sunday of Orthodoxy) (Sermon Mar. 1, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:29:23+00:00 On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks what we really mean when we say 'Come and see' in our evangelism. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #6: St. Gregory Palamas and the Paralytic (Sermon Mar. 8, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T14:31:12+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew discusses both the saint and the Gospel reading on the healing of the paralytic in terms of evangelism—moving from what is good to what is better. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #8: Renunciation of the World and Evangelism (Sermon Mar. 22, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:43:14+00:00 On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew discusses renunciation of the world as a necessary element of the evangelistic enterprise. Full Article
and Lenten Evangelism #10: Palm Sunday and the City of Man (Sermon Apr. 5, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:46:17+00:00 On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew completes his Lenten series on evangelism with a meditation on our entrance into the City of Man along with our Lord Jesus. Full Article
and Thomas Sunday: Death, Resurrection and Daily Life (Sermon Apr. 19, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T17:47:14+00:00 On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the pervasiveness of death in human life and how the resurrection undoes its power. Full Article
and Hearing and Doing God's Law in the Information Age (Sermon June 14, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T18:08:33+00:00 On this Second Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew meditates on what it means both to hear and to do the Law in the midst of the noise of the Information Age. Full Article
and St. Paisios and Salvation from Distraction (Sermon July 12, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T18:17:11+00:00 On the occasion of the first feast of the newly-canonized St. Paisios the Athonite, Fr. Andrew discusses the saint's advice on praying free of distractions. Full Article
and The Image of God Made Without Hands (Sermon Aug. 16, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-20T00:33:37+00:00 Fr. Andrew recounts the story of the Icon-Made-Without-Hands and how the image of Christ can shine from us. Full Article
and Come Out and Be Separate (Sermon Sept. 27, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-02T04:56:51+00:00 Fr. Andrew comments on how to apply the 'separateness' of Christianity to our lives in a way that does not reject the world but saves it. Full Article
and The Virgin and the Sorcerer (Sermon Oct. 4, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-11T04:24:57+00:00 Fr. Andrew tells the story of Ss. Cyprian and Justina and discusses what their tale means to us as Christians. Full Article
and The Orthodox Way of Life and the Western Mindset By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-27T02:37:13+00:00 Fr. Andrew speaks at the clergy conference of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ, on October 21, 2015. The talk addresses the question of how the Orthodox are to encounter the people of the West, especially focusing on the issues of ethnicity in the Orthodox Church and the secular mindset. Full Article
and The Samaritan is Christ and I am the Beaten Man (Sermon Nov. 15, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-22T04:08:55+00:00 Fr. Andrew discusses the parable of the Good Samaritan, showing how an ancient patristic interpretation opens new fields of understanding. Full Article
and Oneness in the Church: The Key to Generosity and Good Works (Sermon Nov. 22, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-28T17:57:21+00:00 Using the words of St. Paul in Ephesians 4:1-7, Fr. Andrew discusses how our oneness in Christ leads us to greater love and generosity. Full Article
and Orthodox Christian Morality in Public: Reflections on Sexuality and Bioethics By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-18T23:07:21+00:00 What is a person? Is our culture confused about what a person is? What is morality? What does it mean to be moral? How does sex fit in? What about homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and assisted suicide? How should we as Orthodox Christians live regarding these matters? How should we talk to our family and friends about them? How should we talk to the wider society about them? Should we engage in political action over them? Full Article
and Awake, O Sleeper! Dream Logic and the Spiritual Life (Sermon Nov. 29, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:39:47+00:00 Fr. Andrew uses St. Paul's language of sin as spiritual sleep to talk about how our lives are distorted in this 'sleep' and what it's like when we 'awake.' Full Article
and Preparation and Expectation (Sermon Dec. 13, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:43:35+00:00 On this Sunday of the Forefathers and the feast of St. Herman of Alaska, Fr. Andrew talks about their preparation before us and how we also can prepare for the Nativity and for the fulfillment of all man's hopes. Full Article
and Rhyming in Scripture: Stephen and the Flight into Egypt (Sermon Dec. 27, 2015) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:47:30+00:00 On this dual feast of the Sunday after the Nativity and the Proto-martyr Stephen, Fr. Andrew draws parallels between the two stories. Full Article
and Heaven in the Desert: Anthony the Great and the Longing for God (Sermon Jan. 17, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-07T02:39:30+00:00 On the feast of St. Anthony the Great, Fr. Andrew preaches on why someone would walk out into the desert to find God. Full Article
and A Failure at Prayer: On the Publican and Pharisee (Sermon Feb. 21, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-28T04:57:36+00:00 On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew asks whether it is possible to be a failure at prayer. The answer is yes. Full Article
and Who is God? (Part 4 of 8): God is Essence and Energies (Sermon Mar. 27, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-04-04T20:09:56+00:00 In the fourth installment in the 'Who is God?' series, Fr. Andrew explains the doctrine of the Essence-Energies distinction. Full Article
and On Loss and Change (Sermon May 29, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-06-02T05:41:13+00:00 In the context of the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew uses the anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople to talk about loss and change. Full Article
and The Blind Man and Lawrence of Arabia (Sermon June 5, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T01:03:12+00:00 On the Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Arab Revolt and discusses it in terms of spiritual blindness. Full Article
and The Heavenly Minded and the Earthly Good (Sermon July 3, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-26T01:07:05+00:00 In discussing Paul's doctrine that only the doers of the word of God will be justified, Fr. Andrew discusses how our spiritual energies are to be turned both inward and outward. Full Article
and Moses and the Stages of Spiritual Life (Sermon Sept. 4, 2016) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-09-11T03:42:41+00:00 With the feast of the Prophet Moses, Fr. Andrew passes on a way of understanding how the stages of spiritual life connect with the prophet's life. Full Article