"A Sermon for the Senses" with Fr. Aaron Warwick

Today Dr. Higgins enjoys a conversation with her first Orthodox guest, The Very Reverend Father Aaron Warwick. After defining and describing Orthodoxy, they share their love of awe-inspiring, embodied, sensory worship services. They unpack how honoring everyone's freedom of speech leads to greater understanding and why it's important to confront ideas with courage and grace. Fr. Aaron explains how the Bible describes a principled anarchy, but our fallen nature requires government restraints. What happens when we get a king (or any supreme human ruler)? They tax us, take away our children, make them fight our wars.... He recalls times people have been angry about political references in his sermons, but emphasizes that no political party is reliable or Christian. They discuss reading Scripture aloud, the challenges of marriage, and the horrors of the genocide in Gaza.