Life in Christ frees us to build intimacy with integrity
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 ]
How prevalent is pornography in our society?
In this series of podcasts, I’ve been talking a lot about the relationship between image and ultimate Reality, and about how the icon manifests to our senses a deeper, fuller, ultimate Reality that it is all too easy for us not to bring to conscious awareness. By manifesting that fuller Reality to us, the icon permits us to enter into relationship and communion with that fullness… a fullness… [ read more ]
