Holistic Christian Life - Worshiping God - Mind, Body, Soul

This week Cynthia continues the Holistic Christian Life tradition of re-airing past interviews from My Beautiful Advent.  Today Father Barnabas Powell is featured.  Would you like to learn more about My Beautiful Advent?  Education, Inspiration, Healthy Meal Plans, and Daily Inspiration from the Saints are just a part of this special ministry.  Just go to www.mybeautifuladvent.com to find out more and to register for this special community. 

Fr. Barnabas Powell was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. His journey to Orthodoxy came as a result of many years searching for a "lifestyle" that would be truly Christian. After years in Evangelical Protestant ministry and serving in Christian media, both radio and television, he launched Faith Encouraged Ministries to use what he learned in sharing faith through media for the Orthodox Faith. Fr. Barnabas is an author, pastor, podcaster, and teacher committed to offering a credible witness of the timeless Orthodox faith for this culture. His daily devotional - Faith Encouraged Daily - reaches over 5000 people a week. His weekly homilies - Faith Encouraged - have been watched over 150,000 times on You Tube. And his twice a month live call in show - Faith Encouraged LIVE - is one of the most popular shows on Ancient Faith Radio.

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This week Cynthia continues the Holistic Christian Life tradition of re-airing past interviews from My Beautiful Advent.  Today Deacon Stephen Muse is featured.  Would you like to learn more about My Beautiful Advent?  Education, Inspiration, Healthy Meal Plans, and Daily Inspiration from the Saints are just a part of this special ministry.  Just go to www.mybeautifuladvent.com to find out more and to register for this special community. 

BIO:

Rev. Dn. Stephen Muse, PhD, LMFT is a pastoral counselor, marriage and family therapist. He is Director of Education and Counselor Training at the Pastoral Institute, Inc. in Columbus, Georgia where he is also directs Clergy-in-Kairos, a nationally recognized intensive out-patient stress and wellness program for clergy and their spouses.

He has contributed chapters in ten books and is author of 60+ articles and book reviews for various professional and trade magazines including national award winning research in the area of religious integration and clinical empathy of therapists. His work has been translated into Russian, Greek, Swedish, Serbian and used in Romania.

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This week Cynthia continues the Holistic Christian Life tradition of re-airing past interviews from My Beautiful Advent.  Today Michael Haldas is featured.  Would you like to learn more about My Beautiful Advent?  Education, Inspiration, Healthy Meal Plans, and Daily Inspiration from the Saints are just a part of this special ministry.  Just go to www.mybeautifuladvent.com to find out more and to register for this special community. 

Michael Haldas is an author, a religious educator, and a speaker. He wrote the book Sacramental Living: Understanding Christianity as a Way of Life.  Michael also does twice-monthly podcasts for Ancient Faith Radio. He is published monthly in Theosis Magazine and is a regular contributor to a new blog series based on Sacramental Living. (www.sacramentalliving.net)

He teaches adult religious education at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Bethesda, MD, which is live-streamed through the Orthodox Christian Network (http://myocn.net/) Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MyOCN/) every Sunday at 11:30 EST.

Michael is also a lifelong J.R.R. Tolkien enthusiast and his newest book, Echoes of Truth: Understanding Christianity in The Lord of the Rings is an excellent read! (https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Truth-Christianity-Lord-Rings-ebook/dp/B07FF9TBRN)

 

You can find out more about Michael Haldas at The Orthodox Speakers Bureau.

This week Cynthia continues the Holistic Christian Life tradition of re-airing past interviews from My Beautiful Advent.  Today Joel Miller is featured.  Would you like to learn more about My Beautiful Advent?  Education, Inspiration, Healthy Meal Plans, and Daily Inspiration from the Saints are just a part of this special ministry.  Just go to www.mybeautifuladvent.com to find out more and to register for this special community. 

Joel Miller has been an editor and writer for the last twenty years. He is the chief product officer of Michael Hyatt & Co., overseeing a crack team of writers and designers. Before that he served as vice president of editorial and acquisitions for Thomas Nelson Publishers, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Joel has written a few books including The Revolutionary Paul Revere, a biography; Lifted by Angels, a look at angels through ancient art and literature; and Bad Trip, a conservative case for drug legalization. His work has been described as “powerful” (Washington Times), “lively” (World magazine), and “well-researched and bitingly written” (Publishers Weekly).

His articles have been featured in Reason, The Washington Post, American Spectator, National Review Online, FoxNews.com, and RealClearReligion. He has also blogged for Patheos and Ancient Faith Ministries.

This week Cynthia continues the Holistic Christian Life tradition of re-airing past interviews from My Beautiful Advent.  Today Father Peter Jon Gillquist is featured.  Would you like to learn more about My Beautiful Advent?  Education, Inspiration, Healthy Meal Plans, and Daily Inspiration from the Saints are just a part of this special ministry.  Just go to www.mybeautifuladvent.com to find out more and to register for this special community. 

Born in Tennessee and raised in California, Fr Peter Jon Gillquist moved to Alaska after high school, where he spent 6 years working, fishing, praying, reading, writing, singing and learning about life in general. In 1999 he moved to Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Biblical Studies from Geneva College. 

In 2006, Fr Peter Jon was assigned to All Saints in Bloomington, where he and Khouria Kristina raise their six children.

 

We are pleased to feature a special podcast this week with Lynn Wardach.  She is the new author of The ByziMom’s Guide to Great Fast Meals, and is the featured meal planner for My Beautiful Advent this year!  Lynne has some great tips for us, so we know you’ll enjoy this new interview that will inspire you as we look forward to November 15th.

A homeschooling mom of five, Lynne Drozdik Wardach has found a way to share the practical nuances of Eastern Christian family life through the features of her blog and website, ByziMom.com. Having served as a catechist for over 30 years and as a mom for 25, she shares her collection of lesson plans, activities, games, craft, and recipes for bringing the faith to life for Eastern Christian Children and reflects on the spiritual as well as the practical aspects of life as a Byzantine mom. She is the author of The Jesse Tree, and The Zacchaeus Tree and the creator of the ByziMom Daily Planner. She is also the creator and executive editor of ByziKids Magazine, a new, fun, family resource for educating Eastern Christian children in the faith.

After a family health crisis, she and her husband were medically advised to adopt a whole-food, plant-based, oil-free diet which meant Eastern Christian fasting as a full-time lifestyle. Her new book, The ByziMom’s Guide to Great Fast Meals is available through Amazon.

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This week Cynthia has a candid discussion with Father Stephen Siniari.  They talk about his book Big in Heaven, specifically the stories relating to fear and the overall theme of relationships.  They also share their own stories of Orthodoxy and what it means to them. We hope that this interview is inspiring and heartwarming!

Father Stephen N. Siniari is a priest of the OCA Diocese of the South. During almost forty years in ministry, Fr. Stephen served parishes in New England and the Philadelphia/South Jersey area while working full time for an international agency as a street outreach worker, serving homeless, at-risk, and trafficked teens. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Fr. Stephen currently lives on the Florida Gulf Coast with Margot, his wife of more than forty years.

Big in Heaven

https://store.ancientfaith.com/big-in-heaven/

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Doctor Albert Rossi joins Cynthia to talk about his new book All is Well.  In a timely interview, they discuss overcoming anxiety due to past trauma and current events. While quoting many of Fr. Thomas Hopko’s maxims, Dr. Rossi connects the dots on how we should be living out our daily lives in way that promotes peace in our souls.

Director of Field Education at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Dr. Rossi teaches courses in pastoral theology. He was a member of the SCOBA Commission on Contemporary Social and Moral Issues. He has written numerous articles on psychology and religion and published a book through Ancient Faith Publications entitled, Becoming a Healing Presence. After teaching at Pace University for 24 years, he retired as Associate Professor of Psychology. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of New York. Dr. Rossi has a brief, bi–weekly podcast on Ancient Faith Radio titled Becoming a Healing Presence.

His new book All is Well is found at Ancient Faith Publications

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Cynthia and Father Joshua Makoul talk about healing from trauma, both past and present as they delve into his new book Healing Your Wounded Soul: Growing from Pain to Peace. What are the tools we can use? How can we help others? If you are struggling right now or know someone who is, this interview could be very helpful.     Fr. Joshua Makoul has been serving as the Dean of St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh since 2012. Before that time, Fr. Joshua worked in the Counseling Field for 16 years. This involved work in a family-based, school-based, and an outpatient setting. Fr. Joshua received two years of training in family therapy at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center and completed a one year certificate course in Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. During his last six years working in a small outpatient group, he was supervised by Dr. Jesus Salas who supervises at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia. Fr. Joshua received his Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and his Bachelors in Psychology from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He is licensed in the state of Pennsylvania for counseling. For seminary he attended Holy Cross Seminary in Boston and received an M.Div. He is the author of Healing Your Wounded Soul: Growing From Pain to Peace, https:// store.ancientfaith.com/healing-your-wounded-soul-growing-from-pain-to-peace/ and blogs at A Healing Driven Life https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/ahealingdrivenlife/ for Ancient Fait

The National Directory of Orthodox Mental Health Providers developed by the Assembly of Bishops can be found here:  https://www.assemblyofbishops.org/directories/mental-health/

Cynthia and Fr. Evan Armatas talk about his new book Toolkit for Spiritual Growth – A Practical Guide to Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.  Each leg of this three-legged stool is explored in depth as a refresher course in basic spirituality, and Fr. Evan gives us ways to implement each of them.

Bio:

Father Evan received his Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Boston College with an emphasis in business management and Christian apologetics in 1991. He earned his Master of Divinity from Holy Cross in 2002 and served as an assistant priest for five years at Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in Greenwood Village before being assigned as St. Spyridon’s first full-time priest in August of 2007. 

Father Evan's current parish of Saint Spyridon began humbly, in its first year only six families called St. Spyridon home. Today it is a vibrant and growing parish of several hundred. The ministries and members of the parish represent a wide range of backgrounds and interests which make the parish a diverse place of worship, witness, and service. In August of 2018, the parish moved into a new 18,000 square foot sanctuary and facility. 

In 2002, Father Evan founded the St. Nektarios Education Fund, a non-profit student education program. The fund, which he still manages along with its board, has established five schools in Africa, educated over 5,000 students, and delivered over $1,000,000 in student aid through its network partners of IOCC and OCMC. 

Father Evan has served as the Metropolis of Denver Program Director of Camp Emmanuel, its summer youth camp program, and as the Metropolis Clergy Syndesmos President. You will find podcasts by Father Evan at www.SaintSpyridon.church, and you can listen to his live call-in radio show called “Orthodoxy Live” on Ancient Faith Radio, which broadcasts every Sunday night at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern. 

Most recently Father Evan, released his first book, "Toolkit for Spiritual Growth, A practical guide to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving," available through Ancient Faith. This engaging and straightforward book uses Scripture and pastoral experience to inspire those new to the faith and those already part of the Body shape and re-energize their relationship with Christ through these essential spiritual disciplines. 

Father Evan his wife Presbytera Anastasia are the happy parents of three daughters, Alexia, Eleni, Maria, and a son Spyridon; they live in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado where they ski, flyfish, and hike.

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