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Catching Our Breath

Sometimes, the hardest kind of pressure to deal with is the kind that just doesn't let up. What can we do to break in on that stress? How can we stop and catch our breath? Join Fr. Nick and Dr. Roxanne Louh live for practical advice.




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Living with Simplicity and Intentionality

Joining the Louh's are Cynthia Damaskos and Molly Sabourin from Filled With Less.




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Meeting Mary in Your Life

Brandi Willis Schreiber, author of A Long Walk with Mary: A Personal Search for the Mother of God, joins Fr. Nick and Dr. Roxanne Louh for a conversation about her year-long quest to better know and love the Theotokos.




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Caring for Creation

Join Fr. Nick and Dr. Roxanne Tuesday evening for a new episode of Healthy Minds Healthy Souls. This week, they're talking with Spyridoula Fotinis about stewardship of God's creation, both at the individual and parish level, and reflecting on history and initiatives from the Ecumenical Patriarch.




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Choosing Joy Over Happiness

Join Fr. Nicholas and Dr. Roxanne Louh for a special episode of the Healthy Minds Healthy Souls radio show titled "Choosing Joy Over Happiness." The Louhs share some practical ways to create lasting inner joy in your lives.




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Looking At Life Through God's Lens

Fr. Nick and Dr. Roxanne Louh share ways we can practice looking at the world through the lens God gives us.




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A Sacred Beginning

Join Fr. Nick, Dr. Roxanne, and special guests Sarah Brangwynne and Sasha Rose Oxnard, authors of A Sacred Beginning: Nuturing Your Body, Mind, and Soul During Baby's First Forty Days, for a special session of Healthy Minds Healthy Souls titled "A Sacred Beginning: The Spiritual Journey of Motherhood" on Tuesday, August 10th at 8:00 PM EST. It's going to be a GREAT show! Be sure to share it with friends and family.




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Renewing You

Join Fr. Nick, Dr. Roxanne, and Robert Krantz, director and actor in 2019's Faith, Hope, and Love, who shares about the impact of Renewing You: A Priest, a Psychologist, and a Plan on his life.




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Advent - Bridging the Chasm to the Divine

As we begin the Advent Fast, Fr. John Oliver reflects on the chasm that divides us from the Divine and the uniqueness of Christianity in bridging that gap.




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Reading God's Books

A talk Fr. John Oliver gave at a symposium titled "God's Books: Reading Scripture in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam" held at the Murfreesboro Mosque in November.




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Responding To Same Sex Marriage

As our culture grows more and more accepting of things that trouble us as Orthodox Christians, Fr. John Oliver shares the example of St. Paul to guide our response.




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Responding To Same Sex Marriage - Part 2

Fr. John sees our sexuality as a gift from the Divine Logos.




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Responding To Same Sex Marriage - Part 3

In part 3 of his series on same sex marriage, Fr. John reflects on what a civil right is and how that applies to the question of same same unions.




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Morally Wrong? Politically Right?

How does the Faith proclaim when life begins? It might surprise you and help inform you as some of you go to the polls tomorrow.




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The Art of Arguing

St Gregory Palamas said, "Every argument has a counter-argument, but who can argue against life."




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Sharing Our Stories

Our Lord's desire is for each of us to have experiences with Him, to be able to say, "My Lord and my God," and to share that experience openly and freely with others.




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Suffering

The struggle is what we bring to God, only what we bring, because deliverance his His job.




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Bowing to the Great Suffering

Fr. John illustrates how Christians are those who reach out to people in pain




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The Fear of Change

"Like a scared child on the first day of school, fear turns us into isolated, self-protective individuals. Like an ever-tightening cocoon."




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Praying on the Way of the Cross

Every Sunday morning, the six Psalms of Matins carries us on a descent into our brokenness and ascent with a cry of faith. Gently taking us on the way of the cross.




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A Sacred Hunger

God places within us a hunger for fellowship with himself and creation, but too often man distorts that hunger into an appetite for temporary pleasure.




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Glorifying God In Our Bodies

Are our physical bodies evil? Are they good? Fr. John explores these questions in light of Christ's Transfiguration.




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Commending Ourselves and Each Other to Christ Our God

What do those words in the liturgy mean? And how do we accomplish this? Fr. John enlightens us with the answers.




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New Years and New Beginnings

Fr. John explains why the new church year begins on September 1, then tells of a birthday party like no other.




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Slowing Down for Holy Week

Fr. John shows how Holy Week answers the question of "What happened?" between Christ's entry into Jerusalem and His glorious Resurrection.




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The Healing Power of Forgiveness

Fr. John Oliver paints a hope-filled picture of the healing power of forgiveness.




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Repentance: Loving the Person God Desires We Become

Fr. John Oliver discusses the true meaning of repentance, becoming the person that God desire us to become.




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What Is Your Governing Dynamic?

We all have one. But what should it be? Fr. John explores the tapestry of our lives and those intrusions that can interupt the pattern.




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Rising Above Violence And Revenge

When reviled, we bless. When insulted, we forgive - St. Paul




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Passing the Time

"Are we almost there yet?" How many times will that question be asked this holiday weekend? Fr. John explores the passing of time from a Christian perspective as we travel our journey of salvation.




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Seeing the World in an Iconographic Way

Fr. John notes how Orthodox Christians see things in an iconographic way-- the images are connected to the larger reality they represent.




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Less Taking, More Giving

Fr. John Oliver reflects on what makes us truly happy.




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Repelling the Holy Spirit

Fr. John Oliver explains how we can repel the Holy Spirit, and how we can become alive in the Holy Spirit instead.




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Serving from the Depths of Bliss

Fr. John Oliver shares a remarkable story of service to inspire us to joyfully use our gifts in service of others.




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Forget About Getting Good Grades

Fr. John Oliver reminds us of the true focus of Christian life.




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Helping Others Heals Ourselves

Fr. John Oliver reflects on how helping others helps us fight our own battles.




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Waiting

It was only a dream but the lesson is of supreme importance.




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Constantine - He Built This City, But He Didn't Write The Song

Take a trip in the time machine with Fr. Joseph and travel back to the 4th Century (with a brief musical stop in the 1970s).




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Help! There's An Iconostasis In My Living Room

You know how strange dreams can be when you're not sleeping in your own bed? Well, this one ranks up there with the strangest. But, Fr. Joseph has a very practical application in this "Best Of" Orthodixie podcast.




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Developing A Rule of Prayer

What does it mean to have a discipline of prayer? Fr. Joseph helps us understand and introduces a new and helpful resource. If you are interested after listening, contact him at: St. George Orthodox Church 5311 Mercer Houston, TX 77005 Or, write him at the email adress above.




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Developing A Rule Of Prayer

What does it mean to have a discipline of prayer? In this encore presentation, Fr. Joseph helps us understand and introduces a helpful resource: Visit the St Philip's Prayer Discipline website at: www.stphilipsprayerdiscipline.org.




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Defeating Sin

Today we feature an interview with Fr. Joseph about his brand new book - Defeating Sin: Overcoming Our Passions and Changing Forever




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Just Because You're Ugly Doesn't Mean You Can't Sing!

One does not have to sing well by worldly standards nor even be good looking. Yet, one must raise a loving, cheerful, truthful voice to do justice through creation to the Creator, God.




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The Great Awakening

So, what would it look like if suddenly the country was swept up in the popularity of Orthodoxy. Brace yourself for Fr. Joseph's vision!




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Bending the Rules Out of Love

Fr. Joseph manages to connect grandma with KISS, mama with a dirty slugger, catgut with a knee bone, wrestling with a loser, and God Himself with bending the rules -- all in under 12 minutes! (This episode is taken from the new audio version of "We Came, We Saw, We Converted: The Lighter Side of Orthodoxy in America", available from Conciliar Press.)




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Revisiting “An Empty Church Is A Peaceful Church”

Here's a remastered version of Fr Joseph's interview with Fr. Danislav Gregorio, author of the book, An Empty Church is a Peaceful Church, taken from the forthcoming audio book version of We Came, We Saw, We Converted.




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Ortho-Man And The Confusion of Tongues

In this week's Ortho-Man sequel, Fr. Joseph can't understand the movie, gets knocked out, smells garlic, dreams of Popeye, quotes St Nicholai of Zica and ponders the mysterious identity of Psssst Man.




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Recalculating Our GPS

Is there virtue in being lost? Not exactly. Then again, being found is only worthy when the Finder is the Hound that loves you. Fr. Joseph's sense of direction is a little different (i.e., nonexistent). Truth is, most of the time, he doesn't know where he is.




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Putting the Fun in Dysfunction Since AD 33

Fr. Joseph delivers a brief newscast (sponsored by e-Hierarchy.com®) featuring Orthodox stories from around the country including this week's Person of the Week.




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Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas ... Carol?

Fr. Joseph joins Sir Paul McCartney, Alvin Chipmunk, José Feliciano and other Wailers in a journey down memory lane -- eschewing the worldly sounds of the season for some really bad (ghostly) percussion moments. Are you prepared?