Subscribed. What a fantastic first article. I have been on the right and the left in my life, always flailing against the overwhelming sense of a world in decline, and I have been Jonah at times in both places. Only Christ has brought me to the beginning of peace. You have described so well that sense we’ve all felt, I think particularly in our youth, that we’ve found a reason good enough to do what we know is evil.
Bravo for a great article! Repentance is the changing of one’s own mind, a complete reorientation to God Himself and not our idea of Him. I am a cradle orthodox and many people often ask me about this or that political happening in and around the Church. They are surprised to find out that I don’t have any opinions on them. That is because I chose not to, I chose to direct my mind towards God and let the Spirit work in me and thus in my life. An old monk recently quoted a modern father (I think Cleopa Ilie, but I am not sure) that one should seek peace more than justice. Because a lot of good Christians went straight to the pits of hell in their pursuit of justice.
Subscribed. What a fantastic first article. I have been on the right and the left in my life, always flailing against the overwhelming sense of a world in decline, and I have been Jonah at times in both places. Only Christ has brought me to the beginning of peace. You have described so well that sense we’ve all felt, I think particularly in our youth, that we’ve found a reason good enough to do what we know is evil.
Bravo for a great article! Repentance is the changing of one’s own mind, a complete reorientation to God Himself and not our idea of Him. I am a cradle orthodox and many people often ask me about this or that political happening in and around the Church. They are surprised to find out that I don’t have any opinions on them. That is because I chose not to, I chose to direct my mind towards God and let the Spirit work in me and thus in my life. An old monk recently quoted a modern father (I think Cleopa Ilie, but I am not sure) that one should seek peace more than justice. Because a lot of good Christians went straight to the pits of hell in their pursuit of justice.
Thank you. A lot of this resembled similar experiences in my own life, especially in the political side of things.
You’re welcome! I’m glad it resonated with you.
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