Life in Christ frees us to build intimacy with integrity
Blog posts: thoughts, reflections, transcripts of podcasts
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 ]
How do we find true fulfilment? Why repentance is hope, life and joy.
Last time I mentioned that society cannot even really define what constitutes pornography, but that in seeing how pornography is a parody of iconography helps us to understand not only precisely what it is, but also why it is so destructive.
I said that a pornographic image is a parody of the icon, a demonic twisting of the goodness of the image… [ read more ]
A new volume about to be released by St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage, includes essays on marriage by both Dr Timothy Patitsas and Dr Philip Mamalakis of FtFtL.
Tim’s contribution is “Theophany, Liturgy, and the Appearance of Marriage at Three Fractal Levels”, and Philip’s two essays are, “The High and Holy Calling of Being a Husband,” and “Helping Married Couples When They Are Stuck.”
The volume is edited… [ read more ]
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