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Becoming a Healing Presence — 327 episodes

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1

Walking Prayer

2

Must I Meditate?

3

Seeing God’s Hand in My Life

4

What Is Abundance Mentality?

5

I Am Never Alone

6

The Elephant and the Flea

7

Precious Free Will

8

One Word in the Present Moment

9

In Every Danger There Is Opportunity

10

O Holy Day

11

Jury Duty

12

Stay Close to Jesus

13

The Two Trees

14

Who-How God Is

15

Cleanliness

16

Deacon Richard Okello Interview

17

A Personal Experience

18

Sanity Equals Sanctity

19

What Is a Saint?

20

Perceiving Angels

21

Guardian Angels

22

Father Hopko

23

The Imposter Syndrome

24

Higher on the Mountain

25

The Language of Love

26

The Journal of Joy

27

One Word Life

28

Use Few Words

29

I Am Not My Thoughts

30

I Am Not My Sin

31

Jesus, Thy Will Be Done

32

Secret Sauce

33

Interview with Nico Bezzerides

34

ONLY Lord Have Mercy

35

What Is Life?

36

Mercy on this Mess

37

Must Christians Suffer?

38

Are Feelings Real?

39

I Am Enough

40

Jesus, I Love You

41

Identity

42

A Purposeful Life

43

Too Much Information

44

Be Ye Perfect

45

Choose Your Friends Wisely

46

Honey in the Rock

47

One Word Retreat

48

The Joy of Joy

49

Working Wonders

50

God Has No Taste

51

Bread and Circus

52

Abide, Not Strive

53

Where Are God's Hands?

54

Turn, Turn, Turn

55

Small Gestures - Infinite Value

56

Discouragement Is a Form of Pride

57

Dealing with Monasticism

58

The Adventure of the Present Moment

59

Precious Memories

60

Field of Dreams

61

Be Gentle With Yourself

62

Putting the Name onto Others

63

More than Meaning

64

My Eye as a Guide

65

Seek Silence

66

Philippians 4 as a Life Guide

67

The Power of Words

68

Prayer Is Not Nothing

69

Christ Through Me

70

Acting Firmly and Wisely

71

Making the Jesus Prayer Real

72

Each Task is a Gift

73

Orthodox Volunteer Corps

74

If I Don't God Within, I Go Without

75

More I Could Not Ask - Part 2

76

More I Could Not Ask

77

On the Other Hand

78

Chicken Soup For Our Souls

79

Unforeseen Events

80

My Guiltless Past

81

Resilience is a Gift

82

Self Forgiveness

83

Everyone Is Doing The Best They Can

84

Together in Deep Silence

85

Inner Village

86

Orthodoxy is Paradoxy

87

Love Changes Everything

88

Christ is Everything

89

Our Distractions Determine Our Lives

90

Orthodox Joy Revisited

91

Wisdom of Failure

92

Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 1

93

Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 2

94

Quote from Listeners

95

Personal Quotes

96

Great Quotes

97

We Are Not Alone

98

Joy in Small Things

99

Am I Adam and Eve?

100

Synergy

101

We Have Been Freed From Suffering

102

Orthodoxy Is Exotic

103

Christ is Everything

104

The Delicate Poetry of Orthodoxy

105

Don't Believe Everything You Think

106

Our Wounds Are Our Gifts

107

Inner Conflict

108

Conflict Resolution

109

What Would Jesus Do?

110

Truth as Food

111

Becoming Like Children

112

What is Faith - St Thomas

113

The Garden of the Heart

114

Musing About the Theotokos - Part 1

115

Musings about the Theotokos - Part 2

116

Lent 2021

117

Facial Masks as a Spiritual Issue

118

Learning from Mona Lisa

119

St. Therese of Lisieux - Part 2

120

St. Therese of Lisieux - Part 1

121

Fear is the Opposite of Love

122

Making Christianity Really Real

123

Movies for All Ages

124

Reframing - Part 2

125

Reframing - Part 1

126

An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep

127

Political Correctness

128

Overcoming Impulse Through Relaxation and Prayer: An Interview with Fr. Alexis Trader

129

The Value of Little Things

130

Marriage is Eternal

131

Surprises Happen

132

All Is Well - Dr. Rossi's New Book

133

Humor

134

One Race, The Human Race

135

Becoming a Healing Presence in Dark Times

136

The Human Race

137

What is a Friend? - Part 2

138

What is a Friend? - Part 1

139

An Interview with an Orthodox Physician who Works in a NYC Hospital

140

St. Maximos the Confessor

141

Sobriety and the Desert Fathers

142

Self Image

143

Resilience

144

Systematics

145

Guilt and Shame

146

Two Trinities

147

Fr. Roman Braga

148

Reflections on Christmas

149

Transparency and Accountability: An Interview with Fr. Nikodhim

150

Meditation

151

OCAMPR 2019: An Interview with Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli

152

Lessons from St. Silouan the Athonite

153

Borders and Frontiers: An Interview with Rev. Dr. Anthony G. Roeber

154

Purity of Heart and Sexual Chastity

155

The Homily and the Hearer: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

156

The Power of a Soft Smile

157

Interview with Dr. Grant S. White: Liturgy and the Search for Meaning

158

On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus - Part 2

159

On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus - Part 1

160

Risen Christians: An Interview with Fr. Alexander Rentel

161

St. Mary of the Egypt

162

Polarization: An Interview with Bishop Paul (OCA)

163

Miracles

164

Sacred Arts Initiative

165

My Conversion

166

Music as Therapy: An Interview with Dr. Carla Thomas

167

A Seminarian's Letter

168

Project Uganda: An Interview with Seminarian Dn. Simon Menya

169

Canon Law

170

Icons of God: An Interview with Fr. John Behr

171

Apologetics and Evangelization: An Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

172

Hospitality

173

Homiletics

174

Circle of Influence

175

Active Listening

176

Bioethics of Gene Editing: Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

177

Summer Musings

178

2018 OCAMPR Conference: Interview with Dr. Philip Mamalakis

179

Heart of the Desert

180

Harlots in the Desert

181

Narcissism

182

An Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

183

An Interview with Metropolitan Tikhon

184

How to Be a Sinner: An Interview with Dr. Peter Bouteneff

185

Orthodoxy on Tap

186

Narrative: Interview with Fr. John Shimchick

187

My Favorite Bible Quotes

188

An Interview with Fr. Joshua Trant

189

An Interview with John Maddex

190

Introverts and Extroverts

191

Leisure

192

All is Well

193

Family Systems

194

Dr. Jane Hinshaw

195

The Theology of Illness

196

Living with Cancer

197

Path to Sanity

198

Consciousness - Part 3

199

Consciousness - Part 1

200

Consciousness - Part 2

201

Music as Prayer

202

Psalm 23

203

Identity: Interview with Fr. Raymond Browne

204

The Temptations of Jesus

205

Apologetics: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

206

Public Violence

207

Jesus and Adam

208

Theotokos

209

Beloved Friend: Fr. Thomas Hopko - Part 2

210

Beloved Friend: Fr. Thomas Hopko - Part 1

211

Invisible to the Eye

212

Psalm 6

213

Lake Galilee

214

What is Sanity?

215

A Sense of Wonder

216

The Trees of Paradise

217

Clergy Peer Learning Groups: An Interview with Fr. Nicholas Solak

218

Suicide - Part 2

219

Politics

220

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

221

On Pain and Suffering

222

Grieving

223

Detachment

224

Baptism

225

Lust Temptations

226

Temptation and Sin

227

Becoming Childlike

228

Interview with Fr. Paul Lazor

229

Meteora

230

Healing

231

The Blessing of Milo

232

Missions in Mongolia

233

Eucharist

234

Simon

235

Seeing Goodness In Children

236

Straight Talk About Youth

237

Why Go To Church?

238

Bells

239

Self Love and Self Hate - Dr. Peter Bouteneff

240

The Jesus Prayer - Reflections

241

The Jesus Prayer - Sung!

242

Orthodoxy and Therapy

243

Orthodox and Schizophrenic - An Experience of God's Love

244

The Wisdom of Abba Poemen

245

Mother Maria of Paris

246

Can Anything Good Come From Nazareth?

247

Desert Mothers

248

Aging and Preparation

249

The Other Side

250

An Attitude of Gratitude

251

Reaching Our Young Adults

252

Applied Creativity

253

Palliative and Hospice Care

254

A Myrrh-Gushing Icon

255

A Special Visit on New Year's Eve

256

The Orthodox Way

257

Amish Country

258

St. Perpetua

259

The Homily

260

Communicating Before Marriage

261

Prison Ministry

262

Vocation

263

More on the Psalms

264

Fr. John Jillions on the Psalms

265

The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition

266

Fr. Ted Pisarchuk - Becoming a Better Parishioner

267

Enriching Your Marriage

268

The Orthodox Wedding

269

Interview with Fr. Alexander Atty - Part 2

270

Fr. Alexander Atty - Joy in Suffering

271

Becoming Human

272

Bishop John on Purity

273

Beauty

274

Meet Fr. Michael Nasser

275

The Brothers Karamazov

276

Lessons from Fr. Zosima

277

The Two Gardens

278

GPS - Finding Our Way

279

The Fathers and Community

280

Evangelism

281

Loving Our Veterans

282

Divine Madness

283

St. Blandina

284

Pastoral Care

285

A Message for Youth on Sex

286

Gentleness as a Mindset

287

Christ Lifting Adam and Eve to Paradise

288

Had I a Golden Thread

289

Lessons from St. Irenaeus

290

Cognitive Dissonance

291

Relax in God's Hands

292

Embracing Ambiguity - Part 2

293

Amazing Grace

294

Icons - Windows and Mirrors

295

Les Miserables

296

Silent Night

297

Vocation as a Way of Life

298

Evangelizing Orphans

299

The Sacrament of the Present Moment

300

Christian Time Management

301

Forgiveness From the Heart

302

Suicide - Part 1

303

The Problem of Death

304

Asceticism and Orthodox Secularism

305

The Problem of Suffering

306

Dark Asceticism

307

Sane Asceticism

308

Embracing Ambiguity

309

Orthodoxy is “Paradoxy”

310

Personal Freedom

311

Rigorous Honesty

312

Our Memories

313

Despondency

314

The Power of Being Non-Judgmental

315

Living for Others

316

Anger

317

Internet Pornography - Part 2

318

Internet Pornography - Part 1

319

The Still Small Voice

320

Walking in God's Presence

321

The Heart of the Matter

322

Hearing the Snow

323

The Power of the Name

324

Solitude

325

God Heals Others Through Us

326

Welcome to Our First Episode

327

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