How do St Theophan’s four spiritual weapons help us deal with our addictions?

This is part three of four podcasts where I’m talking about the path out of addictive behaviours and patterns of life. If you haven’t listened to the first two episodes, please go back and do that first, as they set up the essential context for living in a way that makes these four spiritual weapons I shall discuss today effective.

The… [ read more ]

How do I start to reorient my life away from addiction? What are the first steps, and what are the spiritual weapons I can use in the fight?

This is the second podcast of four describing the path out of addiction.

In the first, I outlined the context for living a life on the path of freedom — a freedom which is not only about emptying ourselves of our sin, but more importantly about being… [ read more ]

How do I start on the path towards finding the freedom to live without addiction? Part 1: Clarity about our aims and five ways of reorienting our lives towards freedom.

Today we’re going to start discussing how to find a path out of addiction: what steps can I take if I have an ongoing difficulty in resisting the temptation to use pornography? How can I give up the false image and find communion through the… [ read more ]