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Becoming a Healing Presence — 326 episodes

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1

Must I Meditate?

2

Seeing God’s Hand in My Life

3

What Is Abundance Mentality?

4

I Am Never Alone

5

The Elephant and the Flea

6

Precious Free Will

7

One Word in the Present Moment

8

In Every Danger There Is Opportunity

9

O Holy Day

10

Jury Duty

11

Stay Close to Jesus

12

The Two Trees

13

Who-How God Is

14

Cleanliness

15

Deacon Richard Okello Interview

16

A Personal Experience

17

Sanity Equals Sanctity

18

What Is a Saint?

19

Perceiving Angels

20

Guardian Angels

21

Father Hopko

22

The Imposter Syndrome

23

Higher on the Mountain

24

The Language of Love

25

The Journal of Joy

26

One Word Life

27

Use Few Words

28

I Am Not My Thoughts

29

I Am Not My Sin

30

Jesus, Thy Will Be Done

31

Secret Sauce

32

Interview with Nico Bezzerides

33

ONLY Lord Have Mercy

34

What Is Life?

35

Mercy on this Mess

36

Must Christians Suffer?

37

Are Feelings Real?

38

I Am Enough

39

Jesus, I Love You

40

Identity

41

A Purposeful Life

42

Too Much Information

43

Be Ye Perfect

44

Choose Your Friends Wisely

45

Honey in the Rock

46

One Word Retreat

47

The Joy of Joy

48

Working Wonders

49

God Has No Taste

50

Bread and Circus

51

Abide, Not Strive

52

Where Are God's Hands?

53

Turn, Turn, Turn

54

Small Gestures - Infinite Value

55

Discouragement Is a Form of Pride

56

Dealing with Monasticism

57

The Adventure of the Present Moment

58

Precious Memories

59

Field of Dreams

60

Be Gentle With Yourself

61

Putting the Name onto Others

62

More than Meaning

63

My Eye as a Guide

64

Seek Silence

65

Philippians 4 as a Life Guide

66

The Power of Words

67

Prayer Is Not Nothing

68

Christ Through Me

69

Acting Firmly and Wisely

70

Making the Jesus Prayer Real

71

Each Task is a Gift

72

Orthodox Volunteer Corps

73

If I Don't God Within, I Go Without

74

More I Could Not Ask - Part 2

75

More I Could Not Ask

76

On the Other Hand

77

Chicken Soup For Our Souls

78

Unforeseen Events

79

My Guiltless Past

80

Resilience is a Gift

81

Self Forgiveness

82

Everyone Is Doing The Best They Can

83

Together in Deep Silence

84

Inner Village

85

Orthodoxy is Paradoxy

86

Love Changes Everything

87

Christ is Everything

88

Our Distractions Determine Our Lives

89

Orthodox Joy Revisited

90

Wisdom of Failure

91

Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 1

92

Keep Your Mind in Hell and Despair Not - Part 2

93

Quote from Listeners

94

Personal Quotes

95

Great Quotes

96

We Are Not Alone

97

Joy in Small Things

98

Am I Adam and Eve?

99

Synergy

100

We Have Been Freed From Suffering

101

Orthodoxy Is Exotic

102

Christ is Everything

103

The Delicate Poetry of Orthodoxy

104

Don't Believe Everything You Think

105

Our Wounds Are Our Gifts

106

Inner Conflict

107

Conflict Resolution

108

What Would Jesus Do?

109

Truth as Food

110

Becoming Like Children

111

What is Faith - St Thomas

112

The Garden of the Heart

113

Musing About the Theotokos - Part 1

114

Musings about the Theotokos - Part 2

115

Lent 2021

116

Facial Masks as a Spiritual Issue

117

Learning from Mona Lisa

118

St. Therese of Lisieux - Part 2

119

St. Therese of Lisieux - Part 1

120

Fear is the Opposite of Love

121

Making Christianity Really Real

122

Movies for All Ages

123

Reframing - Part 2

124

Reframing - Part 1

125

An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep

126

Political Correctness

127

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

128

The Value of Little Things

129

Marriage is Eternal

130

Surprises Happen

131

All Is Well - Dr. Rossi's New Book

132

Humor

133

One Race, The Human Race

134

Becoming a Healing Presence in Dark Times

135

The Human Race

136

What is a Friend? - Part 2

137

What is a Friend? - Part 1

138

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

139

St. Maximos the Confessor

140

Sobriety and the Desert Fathers

141

Self Image

142

Resilience

143

Systematics

144

Guilt and Shame

145

Two Trinities

146

Fr. Roman Braga

147

Reflections on Christmas

148

Transparency and Accountability: An Interview with Fr. Nikodhim

149

Meditation

150

OCAMPR 2019: An Interview with Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli

151

Lessons from St. Silouan the Athonite

152

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

153

Purity of Heart and Sexual Chastity

154

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

155

The Power of a Soft Smile

156

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

157

On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus - Part 2

158

On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus - Part 1

159

Risen Christians: An Interview with Fr. Alexander Rentel

160

St. Mary of the Egypt

161

Polarization: An Interview with Bishop Paul (OCA)

162

Miracles

163

Sacred Arts Initiative

164

My Conversion

165

Music as Therapy: An Interview with Dr. Carla Thomas

166

A Seminarian's Letter

167

Project Uganda: An Interview with Seminarian Dn. Simon Menya

168

Canon Law

169

Icons of God: An Interview with Fr. John Behr

170

Apologetics and Evangelization: An Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

171

Hospitality

172

Homiletics

173

Circle of Influence

174

Active Listening

175

Bioethics of Gene Editing: Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

176

Summer Musings

177

2018 OCAMPR Conference: Interview with Dr. Philip Mamalakis

178

Heart of the Desert

179

Harlots in the Desert

180

Narcissism

181

An Interview with Dr. Gayle Woloschak

182

An Interview with Metropolitan Tikhon

183

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

184

Orthodoxy on Tap

185

Narrative: Interview with Fr. John Shimchick

186

My Favorite Bible Quotes

187

An Interview with Fr. Joshua Trant

188

An Interview with John Maddex

189

Introverts and Extroverts

190

Leisure

191

All is Well

192

Family Systems

193

Dr. Jane Hinshaw

194

The Theology of Illness

195

Living with Cancer

196

Path to Sanity

197

Consciousness - Part 3

198

Consciousness - Part 1

199

Consciousness - Part 2

200

Music as Prayer

201

Psalm 23

202

Identity: Interview with Fr. Raymond Browne

203

The Temptations of Jesus

204

Apologetics: Interview with Fr. Sergius Halvorsen

205

Public Violence

206

Jesus and Adam

207

Theotokos

208

Beloved Friend: Fr. Thomas Hopko - Part 2

209

Beloved Friend: Fr. Thomas Hopko - Part 1

210

Invisible to the Eye

211

Psalm 6

212

Lake Galilee

213

What is Sanity?

214

A Sense of Wonder

215

The Trees of Paradise

216

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

217

Suicide - Part 2

218

Politics

219

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

220

On Pain and Suffering

221

Grieving

222

Detachment

223

Baptism

224

Lust Temptations

225

Temptation and Sin

226

Becoming Childlike

227

Interview with Fr. Paul Lazor

228

Meteora

229

Healing

230

The Blessing of Milo

231

Missions in Mongolia

232

Eucharist

233

Simon

234

Seeing Goodness In Children

235

Straight Talk About Youth

236

Why Go To Church?

237

Bells

238

Self Love and Self Hate - Dr. Peter Bouteneff

239

The Jesus Prayer - Reflections

240

The Jesus Prayer - Sung!

241

Orthodoxy and Therapy

242

Orthodox and Schizophrenic - An Experience of God's Love

243

The Wisdom of Abba Poemen

244

Mother Maria of Paris

245

Can Anything Good Come From Nazareth?

246

Desert Mothers

247

Aging and Preparation

248

The Other Side

249

An Attitude of Gratitude

250

Reaching Our Young Adults

251

Applied Creativity

252

Palliative and Hospice Care

253

A Myrrh-Gushing Icon

254

A Special Visit on New Year's Eve

255

The Orthodox Way

256

Amish Country

257

St. Perpetua

258

The Homily

259

Communicating Before Marriage

260

Prison Ministry

261

Vocation

262

More on the Psalms

263

Fr. John Jillions on the Psalms

264

The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition

265

Fr. Ted Pisarchuk - Becoming a Better Parishioner

266

Enriching Your Marriage

267

The Orthodox Wedding

268

Interview with Fr. Alexander Atty - Part 2

269

Fr. Alexander Atty - Joy in Suffering

270

Becoming Human

271

Bishop John on Purity

272

Beauty

273

Meet Fr. Michael Nasser

274

The Brothers Karamazov

275

Lessons from Fr. Zosima

276

The Two Gardens

277

GPS - Finding Our Way

278

The Fathers and Community

279

Evangelism

280

Loving Our Veterans

281

Divine Madness

282

St. Blandina

283

Pastoral Care

284

A Message for Youth on Sex

285

Gentleness as a Mindset

286

Christ Lifting Adam and Eve to Paradise

287

Had I a Golden Thread

288

Lessons from St. Irenaeus

289

Cognitive Dissonance

290

Relax in God's Hands

291

Embracing Ambiguity - Part 2

292

Amazing Grace

293

Icons - Windows and Mirrors

294

Les Miserables

295

Silent Night

296

Vocation as a Way of Life

297

Evangelizing Orphans

298

The Sacrament of the Present Moment

299

Christian Time Management

300

Forgiveness From the Heart

301

Suicide - Part 1

302

The Problem of Death

303

Asceticism and Orthodox Secularism

304

The Problem of Suffering

305

Dark Asceticism

306

Sane Asceticism

307

Embracing Ambiguity

308

Orthodoxy is “Paradoxy”

309

Personal Freedom

310

Rigorous Honesty

311

Our Memories

312

Despondency

313

The Power of Being Non-Judgmental

314

Living for Others

315

Anger

316

Internet Pornography - Part 2

317

Internet Pornography - Part 1

318

The Still Small Voice

319

Walking in God's Presence

320

The Heart of the Matter

321

Hearing the Snow

322

The Power of the Name

323

Solitude

324

God Heals Others Through Us

325

Welcome to Our First Episode

326

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