Frederica Mathewes-Green

It is not a loss of inert, amorphous tissue, but of a growing being unique in history.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

I was raised in a nominal Roman Catholic home, but without any really strong faith there.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

“In communities, at work, but particularly in families, people are put together in something like a three-legged race. God means us to…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

I've been able to dig deeper into awareness of my own sinfulness, and take baby steps toward spiritual healing. I'm able to…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him,…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

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…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

I know by experience that Jesus Christ is a very powerful spirit - I know by experience that he is probably the…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

“our worship sometimes sounds over the top (“Save us, O Virgin,” “You are our only hope”), but we know what we mean.…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Christmas story has such power and such appeal every year. There are other stories we get tired of. You think of…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Church's teaching isn't an official statement, but the cumulative understanding of all the people who have loved and experienced Jesus through…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Everyone wants to transform, but nobody wants to change.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of.…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

There are lots of things to like about being Eastern Orthodox - incense, liturgies, all the baklava you can eat - but…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Sex is still the leading cause of pregnancy.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Disaster movies do us the psychological service of forcing a quick march through the worst that could happen. At the end we…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Women don't need to have our own little corner of the church where we can feel precious or, alternatively, cranky. In every…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Jesus didn't come to save us just from the penalty of our sins; he came to save us from our sins -…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

After I graduated from college, while traveling around Europe, hitchhiking, doing the tourist thing, I went into a church in Dublin.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green