Tag: tithing

Is Our Giving Worthy of Our Calling?

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost / Thirteenth Sunday of Luke, November 26, 2017 Ephesians 4:1-7; Luke 18:18-27 Very Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. ā€œI, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.ā€ St. Paul, who is writingā€¦

Oneness in the Church: The Key to Generosity and Good Works

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost / Ninth Sunday of Luke, November 22, 2015 Ephesians 4:1-7; Luke 12:16-21 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Paul is in prison, and he writes to the Christians of Ephesus the beautiful words we hear today. Letā€™s hear them again: ā€œI, the prisonerā€¦

Christ is the Samaritan & I Am the Beaten Man

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost / Eighth Sunday of Luke, November 15, 2015 Ephesians 2:14-22; Luke 10:25-37 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. As we continue our parish meditations on serious giving as a critical element of the spiritual life, we hear today the famous Parable of theā€¦

Why Does the Orthodox Parish Exist? The Rich Man, Tithing & Lazarus

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Ss. Cosmas and Damian / Fifth Sunday of Luke, November 1, 2015 I Corinthians 12:27-13:8; Luke 16:19-31 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. One of the things that is most important for any community is to ask the question of who they are, why they exist. Thisā€¦

6 Reasons Why Tithing is Good for an Orthodox Parish

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Tithing is good for the Orthodox Christian and therefore good for the Orthodox parish. So why don’t more Orthodox Christians tithe? We know the usual reasons: We’re not used to it. Back in the old country the government paid for the church. The parish was founded on the “dues” model. Tithing is “Protestant.” Orthodox people are stingy. We just don’t have it in ourā€¦

Tithing: The Sacrifice That Gets Us Unstuck

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost / Sixth Sunday of Luke, October 25, 2015 Galatians 2:16-20; Luke 8:26-39 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Most of the time, we do not take responsibility for our own being and destiny. Part of this is that we donā€™t really know ourselvesā€¦