Friends with Benefits – Is This Common?
Tune in for our show on the monthly topic of “Let’s Talk About Sex.” We start out by hearing from Dr. Albert Rossi on friends-with-benefits arrangements. How common is that behavior? What does it...
View ArticleSex and Cohabitation
Tune in for our final week of “Let’s Talk About Sex” to hear about living together before marriage and what God’s purpose for our sexuality is. Fr. Joseph Purpura speaks about the holiness of our...
View ArticleGary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages”
If you are married, or in a serious relationship, you have to read this book! I have never been a good or fast reader. While I enjoy writing and write quickly, I am a slow reader. So, when I get...
View ArticleThe Journey of Marriage
Tune in this week to hear from Dr. Philip Mamalakis, a licensed marriage and family therapist who recently authored a marriage preparation book and course entitled “The Journey of Marriage.” Hear about...
View Article“Unsolicited Advice”
I’m going to make the bold claim that this may be the most important post I’ve ever written. So pay attention to it. I have an unsolicited word of advice and it goes out to three categories of people....
View Article“Honey, it’s time to get married!”
For 18 years of my life, my parents have told me that school was my number one priority in life. Personally, I never had a problem with this since school and church were the only things I saw in my...
View ArticleTouching the Hem of God: the Work of Angelica Sotiriou
Visual artist Angelica Sotiriou creates abstract-surreal, contemplative works of art that reflect on her personal relationship with the Divine. In this episode, Angelica talks about her life,...
View ArticleWhat makes a good marriage?
Presvytera Kerry Pappas joins us today to talk about what we can do to build a good marriage with our spouse, and what the Church can do to support marriage for all of us. Presvytera Kerry is the...
View ArticleSexuality and Self
Fr. Anthony Messah of St. Timothy and St. Athanasius Church in Arlington, VA, begins our month-long look at human sexuality. Questions include: * What do we learn from Scripture about our sexuality? *...
View ArticleSaving Your Marriage
Our guest today is Lea Povozhaev who is talking about her new book, When Russia Came to Stay. She shares the true story of her complicated marriage. As she says in the introduction to her book, this...
View ArticleCoffee and Caring
I was tired. Tired in body. Tired in soul. I had sat by my mother’s bed for two weeks walking her from this life to the next. The extended family had taken shifts keeping vigil around the clock; my...
View ArticleLet Us Commend Ourselves and One Another
My grandmother was fond of the nursery rhyme that goes “Here’s the church/Here’s the steeple/Open the doors/And see all the people.” Even though the poem has nothing to do with traditional Orthodox...
View ArticleWhy Marriage?
As the element of Christianity in popular culture continues to erode, one of the many things which separates that popular and secular culture from the culture of the Church is the understanding of...
View ArticleBuild a Good Marriage
Presvytera Kerry Pappas joins us today to talk about what we can do to build a good marriage with our spouse, and what the Church can do to support marriage for all of us. Presvytera Kerry is the...
View ArticleSuper Dad
A few weeks ago I reached into my mailbox and pulled out a free copy of “Parents” magazine’s June issue. These random complimentary issues are meant to lure me into subscribing. Well, I’m a hard sell,...
View ArticleForgiveness: Letting Go
Dr. Stephen Muse is back on the show to continue the conversation about forgiveness that we started this past December. He speaks with Fr. Chris today about the role of acceptance in forgiveness....
View ArticleFear is a Bad Decision-Maker
Fear is a bad decision-maker. It’s powerful, plausible, and thoroughly unreliable. It’s as likely to lead you straight into the fire as it is to save your life. Fear is as physical and blinding as...
View ArticleGod’s Unconditional Love for Us
How many times do we do something “without condition”? We work for a paycheck. Or we go to school for a degree—we study to pass a test. We strive for the praise of others. We work hard for acceptance....
View ArticleJedi vs Sith: How to Agree to Disagree
In this episode, we receive a quick lesson in how to find Christ in pop culture through a scene in the movie “Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.” In the battle of good versus evil, we see a link...
View ArticleHow is Marriage Different?
Fr. Brendan Pelphrey speaks with Fr. Chris about marriage this week. How does it differ from a partnership or simply a love between two people? What is the Church’s view on marriages outside the...
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