Orthodixie

What does it mean to have a discipline of prayer? In this encore presentation, Fr. Joseph helps us understand and introduces a helpful resource: Visit the St Philip's Prayer Discipline website at: www.stphilipsprayerdiscipline.org.

In this encore presentation, Fr. Joseph takes a trip in the time machine and travels back to the 4th Century (with a brief musical stop in the 1970s).

Fr. Joseph, or someone who looked a lot like him, ruins his morning by saying "Good Morning" to a beggar. (Or was it the other way around?)

Fr. Joseph interviews Fr. Matthew MacKay and Fr. Richard Petranek, both American Converts, about their recent mission trip to Syria, their meeting with the Patriarch, the holy sites, Syrian hospitality and a hospital where it can be said of the doctor, "Father knows best."

Fr. Joseph sets out on a new path, complete with a new call-in Radio Talk Show. The topic is "evangelism" and callers from around the country, even some a little closer to home, offer ideas. (But, pssssssst, have you heard the latest gossip?) Tune in now!

Fr. Joseph revisits a previous podcast -- with a bit of an update: He's got some CDs to give away from the group The SmallTown Heroes. You'll hear a bit about them in this week's episode, but be sure to listen for details at podcast's end for how to receive your FREE copy of their new CD, Lo, the Hard Times. Enjoy!

Love is in the air ... goin' to the chapel and we're gonna ... take out the papers and the trash ... you may kiss the ... love stinks!? The missing parts, and the glue that holds it all together, may be found in Fr. Joseph's ode to the big event of summer.

It's not easy when a man "gives birth". The struggle is magnified when Daddy plays Stay-At-Home. This week, Fr Joseph tackles both issues ... like a man.

In this encore presentation, Fr. Joseph tells of his visit to a psychiatrist and his annual struggle with the Guess Who.

Though a touchy, even ticklish, subject; a Birkenstock wearing podcaster puts his best foot forward on priests' little piggies, hierarchical hokey pokey and a shoe shine with Sheen.

Fr Joseph weighs in on the complications involving the simple proclamation "Christ is Risen!" and its various responses... such as "Yee-Haaw!"

In this short commentary, Fr Joseph finds himself strapped to a chair, under bright lights, and being interrogated until he is rescued by ... Jackson Browne?

Thank God Lent's over! As we journey through Holy Week to the Great Feast of Feasts, Pascha, let's listen in on some more of the retreat -- including PALE GAS -- which took place just north of the border in El Paso, Texas.

As we head toward the end of the Lent and the beginning of Holy Week, Fr Joseph begins a series based on the book "Defeating Sin- Overcoming Our Passions and Changing Forever" -- taken from a retreat hosted by St George Church in El Paso, Texas.

In this rebroadcast, Fr Joseph answers letters about the Fast -- most of them dealing with the unpronounceable ************ (or EIEIO).

Things aren't always as they seem and injuries, not to mention distractions, plague us even in church. In the end, Fr Joseph, though day dreaming for the most part, realizes a cure.

On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Joseph and long-time friend Fr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, chat about things old, things new, the Church's missiology -- and Nashotah House, too.

With the advent of the Great Fast—Lent—Fr Joseph takes a serious look at a familiar prayer written by St. Ephraim the Syrian in the 4th century. St. Ephraim's prayer is a regular part of the Orthodox Christian's prayer "diet" during the Great Fast of Lent. It may also be said throughout the year as part of one's prayer rule. This Lenten meditation is taken from the book Defeating Sin: Overcoming Our Passions and Changing Forever (published by Regina Orthodox Press).

The night before a Sunday sermon can be fraught with fear and struggle for many a priest. But, of your charity, if you see me walking on water ... help me back into the boat!

Orthodoxy is often called "America's Best Kept Secret," but what would it look like if it was embraced by all -- including "the world"? In this encore presentation, Fr. Joseph shows us.