Witness, NM

Death, Silence, and Denying the Self Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! “The devil is the source of every lie and deception and cunning and evil. This is why all thoughts aimed against Christians are in essence a lie and deception. “He promises to the young every kind of prosperity…

Who We Listen to is Who We Are Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen. “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma” (Ephesians 5:1-2). I may be seen as…

Preface to Part III Christ is Risen! Truly, He is risen. “It is not freedom when we say to people that everything is permitted. That is slavery.” – St. Paisios I’ve been working on this piece for the better part of September, trying to figure out exactly what to say and apply some experience to…

Resisting the Stained Self Christ is Risen! Truly, He is risen. “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now…

… or what passes for it Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen.  “This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of ignorance…

Reap remberance, sow silence “I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. To the one who conquers I will…

This city, O Lord, will not do “My soul yearns after God and I seek him in tears. O Merciful Lord, thou seest my fall and my distress. Humbly I entreat thy mercy. Pour upon my sinful  self the grace of thy Holy Spirit. Recollection of thy grace draws my spirit to seek out thy…

Learning to Walk on Water “Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out for fear.  But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘Be of good…

there just ain’t no other Way “‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord’, and do not do what I tell you? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.  That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the…