thanks very much.
A close friend said to me recently when we were discussing Orthodoxy, "We really don't live like Christians anymore." In context his meaning was close to what your reply describes.
And I think it is a great loss. I hope that over time it will cease to be true.
That is my great hope too, D-fendr.
Thank you for writing.
"A close friend said to me recently when we were discussing Orthodoxy, "We really don't live like Christians anymore." In context his meaning was close to what your reply describes."
That living like Christians is what the Orthodox phronema is all about. It determines virtually everything in our lives to one degree or another. As my wife once observed in the village down in the old country, "People "walk" Orthodox here." Funny thing about it is that in many ways I think that's why (the obvious historical experience aside) Orthodox Christians tend to understand Mohammedans so much better than Westerners because Mohammedanism tend to envelope people in the same way, though for evil.