Shepherd of Souls

Fr. Peter presents the second part of his interview with the Catholic foodie.

What happens when you get two foodies together - one Catholic and one Orthodox?

What do you do when you're confronted with your sin face to face?

What did the early Church look like? The Book of Acts gives us an idea.

Fr. Peter discusses the sacrifice of Abraham in light of what we are asked to do as Christians.

Are we spending time on the wrong things in our spiritual lives? Do you want to get focused on the right things?

If we are to be true disciples of Jesus Christ, then we must take up our cross and follow him.

Fr. Peter looks at a little bit of colonial religious history with Professor Thomas Kidd.

Ten ways that pornography damages your brain.

Should prayer be directed toward us or toward God? The Story of the Publican and the Pharisee, plus music by John Oliver.

So what do you do when you find yourself up a tree? You climb down, of course.

The training of leaders today is a multi-billion dollar industry, but what are the qualities that we look for in leadership?

Fr. Peter explains what baptism is and what it prepares us for.

Fr. Peter discusses what makes a true disciple of Christ.

Fr. Peter presents the Christmas edition of his weekly podcast.

Fr. Peter discusses spiritual fathers and delivers his first homily to children.

Fr. Peter plays the song "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" by the Piano Guys and then discusses the season of Advent.

Fr. Peter plays a song by the St. Vladimir's Seminary Chorale, shares some cooking tips, and presents his homily from this past Sunday.

Fr. Peter plays the old hymn "Come Ye Faithful People, Come," and then shares a recent homily on thankfulness.

Fr. Peter interviews Fr. Luke Veronis, priest at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, about a ballot question to repeal a casino deal in Massachusetts.

Fr. Peter plays the song "Full Moon in Romania" by Ron Moore and then shares his homily from this past Sunday.

Fr. Peter plays the song "Mary" by Ron Moore and then shares his homily on the Parable of the Sower.

Fr. Peter plays the song "I've Tried" by Phil Nasr and then shares a homily on persecution.

Fr. Peter plays the song "Orthodoxy Soup" by Andrew Anthony and then continues his conversation with one of the authors of the new book Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus.

Fr. Peter plays the song "Always Standing By" by Fr. Peter Jon Gillquist and then interviews one of the authors of the new book Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus.

Fr. Peter plays the song "In Jesus's Name" by Jimmy Santis and then shares his homily from the Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Fr. Peter plays a song by Fr. Justin Mathews from a CD called The Cross Culture Project and then shares a homily from this past June.

As Christians, we are constantly being called to grow and to change in our faith.

We will be judged according to the Truth, our deeds, and whether or not we are repentant.

Fr. Peter explains that Pentecost is about taking the old and reforming it into something new.

Sometimes we cling so hard to the law that it blinds us from what we need to do.

We are too often so blinded by our fear that we'll lose our individual identity that we stay apart from each other.

Fr. Peter shares his homily from the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers.

Fr. Peter reminds us that nowhere does Jesus say that life will be easy if you follow Him.

Fr. Peter assures us that if we compromise even just a little bit, the we have lost the Orthodox faith.

If we acquire a truly peaceful and merciful spirit, then thousands around us will be saved.

Fr. Peter continues his series of homilies on the Beatitudes.

Fr. Peter reminds us that everything that we have is from God and we need to behave accordingly.

Fr. Peter explains that the total measuring stick of our salvation depends upon how we deal with each other.

Fr. Peter explains that the Last Judgment is all about two things: How much do we love God, and how much do we love our neighbor?

Fr. Peter reminds us that you can't be both.

Fr. Peter argues that it's okay to experience and express joy over the light we have been given.

Fr. Peter reminds us that the slaughter of the innocents continues today.

Fr. Peter reminds us that it doesn't matter how the world treats us today; what matters is what we do to prepare for the time to come.

Fr. Peter delivers a paper at the Sophia Institute Conference at Union Theological Seminary.

Fr. Peter encourages us to fast from more than just food this Advent season.

His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese is the guest homilist at St. Michael Orthodox Christian Church.

Fr. Peter explains that sacramental confession offers us the assurance that we are forgiven.

Fr. Peter assures us that If we pray every single day, we will see a huge change in our lives.

Fr. Peter addresses our tendency to be lukewarm in our faith.