Author: Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Very Rev. Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick is Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, former pastor (2009-2020) of St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and author of The Lord of Spirits, Arise, O God, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Bearing God and An Introduction to God. He is co-host of the following podcasts: The Lord of Spirits (with Fr. Stephen De Young), The Areopagus (with Michael Landsman), and Amon Sûl (with Richard Rohlin). He is also host of The Orthodox Pilgrim, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Orthodox Engagement, and Roads from Emmaus. With Richard Rohlin he is collaborating on the major documentary series The Wolf and the Cross. You can follow him on YouTube, Facebook, Telegram and Instagram.

Why Orthodox Christians Can Love Tolkien and Other Imaginative Fiction

August 3, 2019April 5, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

I am a lifelong Tolkien fan, but now that I have a Tolkien podcast, I've found more time to explore how my love for Tolkien fits into my spiritual life as an Orthodox Christian. And it turns out that there is actually a specifically Orthodox Christian reason to love Tolkien and other works of imaginative fiction.

Which God Are You Sacrificing To?

July 21, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

If we want to be like Jesus Christ, then we have to worship Him by sacrificing to Him. Sacrifice always means giving over something valuable that then becomes a means of sharing and communion with God. A Christianity that is convenient, that is without sacrifice, is not the true Christianity that worships Christ.

The Apostles Enthroned

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

When we look at the Twelve Apostles, we should know that we are looking not just at heroes who spread the faith and are admired for their work. We are looking at future kings who will reign with Christ over the nations.

The Saint is One Who Has Come Home

June 23, 2019June 22, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Sunday of All Saints, June 23, 2019 Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-8; 19:27-30 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. On this Sunday of All Saints, as we remember that we are all called to be saints, let us meditate for a few minutes on what it means for someone to be a…

St Columba and the Water of Artbranan

June 11, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

When Christ comes into the world to save the world, He does so not to erase everything that is present but rather to save and to magnify whatever is good.

“Tolkien” Film: How Christian Reviewers are Getting it Wrong (SPOILERS)

May 16, 2019May 19, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Some Christian reviewers ignore all the elements that point to a fully integrated Christian world and look only for things that in the modern sensibility qualify as “religious.”

The Struggle for Prayer

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Prayer is a struggle. You know this if you have tried it, especially if you have tried to do it every day or even every week or every month. It is a struggle to pray every morning, to pray every night. It is a struggle to come to church every Sunday, to come to other services.

Should It Matter to Christians When Churches Burn?

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Because mankind is created in the image of his Creator, man is also himself a sub-creator, called to engage the creation with his own creativity, in imitation of the creative Creator.

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