Let the World Be

In the previous essay we heard Peter’s call that we prepare our minds for action. We also learned that the mind is the gatekeeper of our true self, typically identified with the heart in this period. But how do we prepare the mind for action? We remain awake and alert, and we guard our heart …

Prepare Your Minds for Action (1 Peter 1:3-9)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who are being …

1 Peter: A Letter of Wisdom, Subversiveness, Compassion, Witness, and Hope

1 Peter is addressed to churches in the northeastern part of modern Turkey (ancient Anatolia). If we think of the peninsula that we now call Turkey as a rectangle and then draw a line from the northwest corner (Istanbul) down to where Turkey, Syria, and the eastern end of the Mediterranean meet, this letter is …

Fr Nikola and a Life “Equal to Martyrdom”

The 15th and 16th "Proverbs" of James Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. …