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Glory to God
Thoughts and reflections on Orthodox theology and life
Fr. Stephen is the priest at St. Anne Orhodox Church (OCA) in Oakridge, TN. He attended Furman University in Greenville, S.C., graduating in 1977 with a B.A. in Classical Languages. He received his M.Div. degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL in 1980. He was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church (Anglican) in 1981 and served parishes in the Carolinas and Tennessee.
In 1991 he received an M.A. in Systematic Theology from the Graduate School of Religion at Duke University, writing his thesis on “The Icon as Theology.”
After many years of study and conversations, Fr. Stephen and his family were received in the Orthodox Church at Holy Apostles’ Orthodox Church in Columbia, S.C., in February of 1998. He was immediately appointed as lay pastor for the newly-founded mission of St. Anne in the Knoxville area of Tennessee and was ordained as an Orthodox priest in March of 1999.
His weblog “Glory to God for all Things,” has quickly become one of the most read Orthodox sites on the Web, being translated frequently in Romanian, French and Serbian, by enthusiastic readers. You can reach him at .
Visit our Schedules page to see when this podcast will be broadcast on Ancient Faith Talk.
Programs:
Salvation By Grace and Just Showing Up
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008
Fr. Stephen talks about one aspect of the Orthodox understanding of salvation by grace, and notes that a very large part of it consists in "just showing up," learning to be present to God and to accept faithfully the means of grace given to us.
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Giving Thanks In All Things
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008
In this podcast, Fr. Stephen speaks about giving thanks to God and its foundation in the belief that God is good. He focuses on four aspects of that goodness.
At the Edge of Tradition
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008
In this podcast Fr. Stephen speaks about the experience of standing at the "edge" of Tradition as people look at the Tradition of the Church and discuss it, seek to appropriate parts of it, but remain outside of that Tradition. He emphasizes that the Tradition of the faith is nothing other than our union with the True and Living God and His union with us.
Eight Things I Should Know
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008
Fr. Stephen talks about eight different ways that the divided, "two-storey" universe, a world divided between sacred and secular, effect us as Christians and offers reflections on how we should see and cope with each of them. This is the largest summary of his work to date.
All The Fullness of God
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008
In this podcast, Fr. Stephen speaks about the Orthodox use of the word "fullness," both as a description of the Church but also, and especially, as a description of what we long for in the Christian life.
Christianity In A One-Storey Universe - Part 6; Where Do We Begin?
Posted Friday, February 08, 2008
Fr. Stephen looks at the aspect of seeing the world in wonder - an experience shared by both Christian and non-Christian and suggests, following St. Gregory of Nyssa, that it is the place where our faith should begin.
Orthodoxy and Culture
Posted Saturday, February 02, 2008
Fr. Stephen looks at the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and Culture and argues that since Orthodoxy is the fullness of the faith, it should also be productive of the fullness of what it is to be human. Healthy Orthodox nations have always had a healthy Orthodox culture.
Right and Wrong in the One-Storey Universe
Posted Friday, January 25, 2008
Fr. Stephen looks at morality and virtue, particularly as understood during the so-called "Age of Enlightenment," and compares it with an Orthodox understanding of right actions in the life of a Christian.
