on The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Sermon Aug. 4, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:43:29+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells the story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and how they affirmed the glory of the truth of the resurrection. Full Article
on What are we training ourselves for? (Sermon Aug. 11, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:45:12+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks why we are experts in everything except our faith? Full Article
on The Whole Tradition (Sermon Aug. 18, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:46:49+00:00 On this Sunday Fr. Andrew reminds us that we cannot pick and choose pieces of the Orthodox Tradition, we have to accept the whole Orthodox tradition. Full Article
on You Are God's Building (Sermon Aug. 25, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:50:28+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew offers us a clear vision of what it means to be a Christian. Full Article
on The Acceptable Year of the Lord: Time and Orthodox Christianity (Sermon Sept. 1, 2013). By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:51:53+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew reminds us that in Orthodoxy there is a purpose for history, and with this New Year in the Orthodox Church, we can participate in the Acceptable Year of the Lord. Full Article
on The Nativity of the Theotokos (Sermon Sept. 8, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:53:53+00:00 Fr. Andrew exhorts us to hear Mary's call to draw near to her holy Son. Full Article
on Resetting Life Through the Cross (Sermon Sept. 15, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:55:15+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks if we ever feel that we need a reset, a do-over in our lives. If we do, then the Cross is where we start over. Full Article
on How Do You Feel About Faith? (Sermon Sept. 22, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T22:58:03+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew asks if we can use our feelings as a test of the authenticity of our Faith? Full Article
on The Greatest Gift (Sermon Sept. 29, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:32:02+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the greatest gift he ever received from his parents, the gift of a Christian identity. Full Article
on 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
on Paradoxes of Christianity (Sermon Oct. 6, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:35:02+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us how God presents us with a series of contradictions that ultimately lead us to Christ. Full Article
on The Intimate God (Sermon Oct. 20, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:36:52+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that all religions are not the same, that the one true God is our God, and we are His people. Full Article
on 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
on 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
on The Unlikely Servants of God (Sermon Nov. 10, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:44:10+00:00 Bringing together the life of St. Theodora (the wife of the Emperor St. Justinian) with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Fr. Andrew looks at how God likes to use those who are least likely. Full Article
on Having Ears to Hear (Sermon Nov. 17, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-14T23:45:05+00:00 On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that giving generously of everything we are is the key to having ears to ear. Full Article
on 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
on The Prostitute Who Became an Ancestor of Christ (Sermon Dec. 22, 2013) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:36:11+00:00 On this Sunday before the Nativity, Fr. Andrew reflects on the place of the prostitute Rahab in salvation history and what it means for us. Full Article
on The Beginning of Baptism (Sermon Jan. 12, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:37:48+00:00 On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew reflects on the meaning of Christ's inauguration of baptism and how it affects not only the Christian, but other people and the whole world around him. Full Article
on All or Something (Sermon Jan. 19, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:38:57+00:00 Fr. Andrew reflects on the Gospel account of the Ten Lepers and how they brought what they had, even if it was very little, to Christ. Full Article
on The Desire for God (Sermon Jan. 26, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:40:06+00:00 On this Sunday of Zacchaeus, Fr. Andrew speaks on the desire for God placed deep within the heart of every human person. Full Article
on Meeting the Lord (Sermon Feb. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T01:41:48+00:00 On this feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple, Fr. Andrew explains not only why we bring 40-day-old children to be dedicated in church but also opens up the inner meaning of meeting the Lord. Full Article
on 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
on The Prodigal Soul (Sermon Feb. 16, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:41:02+00:00 On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Andrew relates a patristic 'spiritual' reading of the 'property' that the Prodigal receives from his father and then scatters on loose living. Full Article
on 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
on Returning to the Paradise I've Never Seen (Sermon Mar. 2, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:43:00+00:00 On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew reflects on Adam's expulsion from Paradise and how we can return to a Paradise that we've never seen. Full Article
on The Ladder (Sermon Mar. 30, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:44:00+00:00 On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew speaks on how the spiritual life, the path to holiness and perfection, is pursued by climbing little by little. Full Article
on Not to Be Served, But to Serve (Sermon Apr. 6, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:45:03+00:00 On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew reflects on the uniqueness of Jesus among the deities of the ancient world, that He came not to be served, but to serve. Full Article
on 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
on Awakening to the Resurrection (Sermon Apr. 27, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:48:16+00:00 On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reflects on the awakening of Christ from the dead and what it means for us to awaken to the resurrection. Full Article
on Who Would Smile at a Funeral? (Sermon May 4, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:50:12+00:00 On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew speaks of the hidden secret that Christians know about death. Full Article
on 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
on 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
on 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
on The Seed of Christ (Sermon June 1, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:55:01+00:00 On this Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, Fr. Andrew draws on their witness and the witness of St. Justin Martyr to ask how we are to relate to those outside of Orthodoxy and those within it who are not fully faithful. Full Article
on The Pentecostal Fountain (Sermon June 8, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:56:09+00:00 On this Sunday of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses Jesus' prediction of the coming of the Holy Spirit as a fountain of living water that springs up within the believer. Full Article
on 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
on The Protomartyr Alban of Britain (Sermon June 22, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:58:06+00:00 On the feast of St. Alban, Fr. Andrew tells the story of his inspiring martyrdom. Full Article
on Following the Chief Apostles (Sermon June 29, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T04:59:13+00:00 On this feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, Fr. Andrew speaks on why these two apostles are so celebrated and what we can do to imitate them. Full Article
on 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
on 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
on 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
on The Dormition Fast: Waiting with Hope (Sermon Aug. 10, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:04:32+00:00 On this Sunday before the Feast of the Dormition, Fr. Andrew reflects on the imminent passing of his own mother and what it teaches in the light of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Full Article
on Two Things Needed by the Christian (Sermon Aug. 17, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:06:07+00:00 On this 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew explores two things St. Paul shows in the epistle reading that are needed by the Christian: suffering and spiritual fatherhood. Full Article
on How to See God (Sermon Aug. 24, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:07:02+00:00 Fr. Andrew reflects on the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant and how it reveals how we can see God and sense His presence. Full Article
on Aidan of Lindisfarne (Sermon Aug. 31, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:08:58+00:00 Fr. Andrew tells the story of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne and stresses how he was not just a bishop but also a neighbor. Full Article
on John 3:16 (Sermon Sept. 7, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:10:08+00:00 On this Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew unpacks the great meaning in one of the most beloved of Bible verses. Full Article
on The Sign of the Prophet Jonah (Sermon Sept. 21, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:12:28+00:00 On this feast day of the Prophet Jonah, Fr. Andrew relates the prophet's story to the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus and what that means for the salvation of mankind. Full Article
on Fish for Faith? (Sermon Sept. 28, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:14:08+00:00 On this First Sunday of Luke, Fr. Andrew explores what Jesus uses to get into the lives of His first disciples. Full Article
on He Didn't See Any God There (Sermon Oct. 5, 2014) By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-09-15T05:14:57+00:00 In reflecting on the entrance of mankind into space, Fr. Andrew notes that telescopes and microscopes aren't the right tools for seeing God. Full Article