137 episodes
Sacramental Living Michael Haldas, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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- Religion & Spirituality
Sacramental Living is a series of podcasts by Michael Haldas about how to understand and live our Orthodox Christian faith in the context of real life and real world issues and continually grow closer to God.
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Growth and Struggle in Liminal Space – Lessons from St. Mary of Egypt
Join Michael is a discussion on our need to navigate the difficult liminal spaces in our lives with patience and discernment, as illustrated beautifully in the story of St. Mary of Egypt, and how it is possible to overcome sin and depravity to fulfill our calling to become saints and living icons of Christ.
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A Dangerous Time of Year
Join Michael in a discussion of some of the spiritual pitfalls we can fall into during Great Lent if we are not careful and attentive to its true purpose
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The Real Energy Crisis
Join Michael in a discussion of God’s essence and energies, other energies present in the world, and how we should really understand our motivations to ensure we participate in our actions with God’s grace and not with the enemy.
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Tragedy, Clarity, and Reconciling Suffering
Join Michael as he discusses questions about why good people suffer, bad people thrive, and reconciling this with the goodness of God.
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Two Thieves, Two Ways, Two Choices
Join Michael in a discussion of what Christ said in the Gospel accounts, and what the New Testament in general says about being a thief or thieves, and how the symbolism of the thief applies to us and the choice of salvation or condemnation.
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Repentance is Our North Star
Join Michael as he uses the symbolism of the North Star to take a deep dive into the true nature of repentance and why we often misunderstand it to our detriment.