The Orthodox hierarchy doesn't have the kind of power that high-ranking clergy do in other churches. There isn't even a worldwide governing board to hold all the various Orthodox bodies together. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
The Christmas story has such power and such appeal every year. There are other stories we get tired of. You think of your favorite movie; you don't want to watch it 15 times. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Dusty, dark, cold, and hard, coal has no beauty of its own, but when it is consummated by fire it is beautiful and becomes… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
“As I ponder my pilgrim’s progress to Orthodoxy, however, I realize that I didn’t make the trip alone, but in a two-seater. And I… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Of the seven deadly sins, anger has long been the one with the best box of costumes. When the guy in the next car… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
As a teenager and a student, I totally cast away the Christian faith. I just believed it was stupid, and only stupid people could… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life? — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
You can latch onto theological ideas that are, in fact, not accurate, and refuse to let them go. I think we've seen this a… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Women and men just aren't that different. Oh, we're different in some intriguing ways, and it can be fun to band together for all-gal… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
“The reason my husband and I became Orthodox was that our mainline denomination was energetically revising its theology; church leaders were teaching that Jesus… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
