Author: Nicholas Denysenko
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Lent: A Door to Renewal
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The purpose is for us to be with God, and for us to be restored and renewed, but not irritable and exhausted.
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Time of Troubles, Then and Now: Nicaea’s Confession “True God of True God”
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — This anniversary of the council of Nicaea reminds us that its core message is not and was never about some messianic age that would be manifest in a particular empire, country, political party, or leader.
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Lent, Gluttony, and Lust
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The fulfillment put into us, that we seek, comes only from God and cannot be found in the world.
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Christ, Looking at You
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The holy fathers and mothers are looking at us.
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‘For I was Hungry’: A Testimonial to USAID
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The values I had learned as the grandson of immigrants who lived in poverty and in my native Orthodox Church – to honor human dignity and obey the Gospel imperative to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit and heal the sick, and tend to the oppressed (Mt. 25:31-46) – I saw…
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Our Gift to Christ
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — It seems, however, that our song is all too often mere lip service to what we want to be true – that God sent Christ into the world to validate the political philosophies and kingdoms of our construction.
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Thanksgiving for Bearers of Hope
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — The most powerful force inside me insists that God will remain God – the one who seeks the lost sheep to return them to the flock because of irresistible love.
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Amen Corner: War
NICHOLAS DENYSENKO — Christians have every reason to invest entirely in fervent prayer for the end of war and its humanitarian catastrophe.
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The People’s Ministry at Christmas: Bearing Witness to Suffering
Happy, bright faces pressed together, donned with fashionable hats. A young couple giving new vehicles to one another. Kids sprinting for the tree in cozy pajamas, together with their smiling parents, holding mugs of hot joe. Grandparents beaming with joy, grateful for yet another happy holiday gathering. Retailers use these images to manipulate consumption for…