137 episodes

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.

Sacramental Living Michael Haldas, and Ancient Faith Ministries

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 28 Ratings

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.

    Growth and Struggle in Liminal Space – Lessons from St. Mary of Egypt

    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.

    A Dangerous Time of Year

    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

    The Real Energy Crisis

    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.

    Tragedy, Clarity, and Reconciling Suffering

    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.

    • 32 min
    Two Thieves, Two Ways, Two Choices

    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.

    • 29 min
    Repentance is Our North Star

    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.

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Trobius ,

Insightful and Uplifting

This was the first Ancient Faith podcast I discovered. Michael has given me so many take-aways about living sacramentaly.

jroper76 ,

So helpful.

Thank you for this podcast! I appreciate so much this perspective on life that is throughly Christian and very practical.

huntergt116 ,

A podcast for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness

Thank you for the encouragement, brother. As an Evangelical, your podcast challenges my pursuit of Christ in deeper and richer ways.

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