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Understanding Christianity as a Way of Life - Sacramental Living is a series of podcasts by Michael Haldas about how to understand and live our Orthodox Christian faith in the context of rea...

Join Michael as he tells the story of a loved one’s final forty-eight hours and explores death as both sorrowful and strangely beautiful, re...

Join Michael as he shares a personal experience and discusses the challenge of facing uncomfortable truths about ourselves that are necessar...

Join Michael in a discussion about how the culture we live in deeply effects our spirituality, and how the pragmatism of American culture, i...

Join Michael for an in-depth discussion of brokenness in our lives, how it can be either transformative or debilitating, and how to make sen...

Join Michael as he compares the corporate world of business to what goes on in the Church, but also how a lack of corporate appreciation and...

Join Michael in a discussion about what the abundant life is that Christ wants to give us; what is the experience of this life now amidst al...

Join Michael in a discussion about how we easily succumb to delusional thinking due to our egos, how this is a great detriment to ourselves...

Join Michael in a discussion of how the quest for high self-esteem, and even having low self-esteem, often take us in the opposite direction...

Join Michael as he discusses what combat with the true enemy looks like, the weapons and strategies we should employ, and the trap we can fa...

Join Michael as he explores the difference between loneliness and being alone, and how we can be more aware and supportive to anyone struggl...

Join Michael in a discussion of what is means to live as a pilgrim of Christ and how to understand and address our deep yearning and longing...

Join Michael in a discussion of God’s goodness versus our own goodness, and why the prevalent cultural belief of many that all you have to b...

Join Michael in a discussion of our desires, how they get in the away of the elusive peace we seek, and what we need to do to find true cont...

Join Michael in a discussion about how many people are haunted by a spiritual reality they consciously or unconsciously acknowledge, especia...

Join Michael in a discussion about an encounter he had with man with severe facial injuries, and what it caused him to reflect on concerning...

Join Michael in a discussion of the difficulty of getting out of our own heads, the cultural and spiritual challenges that perpetuate this,...

Join Michael in a discussion of how to guard our hearts and minds against the ancient sins of infidelity and individualism that are both sub...

Join Michael is a discussion on our need to navigate the difficult liminal spaces in our lives with patience and discernment, as illustrated...

Join Michael in a discussion of some of the spiritual pitfalls we can fall into during Great Lent if we are not careful and attentive to its...

Join Michael in a discussion of God’s essence and energies, other energies present in the world, and how we should really understand our mot...

Join Michael as he discusses questions about why good people suffer, bad people thrive, and reconciling this with the goodness of God.

Join Michael in a discussion of what Christ said in the Gospel accounts, and what the New Testament in general says about being a thief or t...

Join Michael as he uses the symbolism of the North Star to take a deep dive into the true nature of repentance and why we often misunderstan...

Join Michael for a discussion about the meaning of hypocrisy and what Christ said about it in the Gospel, and how to understand and protect...

Join Michael in a discussion about experiencing God’s healing and redemptive beauty and goodness even in the worst of life’s circumstances.

Join Michael in a discussion about what well-being and non-being really mean, and how we often do things we think are beneficial but really...

Join Michael in a discussion about what it means to create “heat” without “light” and how ego driven self-motivation and self-focus is poiso...

Join Michael in a discussion about living intentionally to embed hopefulness in our body, mind and soul, and accept death with the hope of e...

Join Michael in a discussion about what the Scriptures and our Holy Tradition teach us about the importance of clothing as it relates to sal...

Join Michael in a discussion about what is means to be feel like a stranger in our own surroundings and in this world in general and why thi...

Join Michael in a discussion about the many different aspects of tears, why some tears are good, some are evil, what they indicate about our...

Join Michael in a discussion about how we often neglect our bodies, the physical and spiritual ramifications to ourselves and loved ones, ho...

Join Michael for a discussion of the primacy of focusing on loving more not sinning less and why this will be the basis of how God judges ou...

Join Michael in a discussion about prayerful and practical ways to frame our understanding in regard to our difficulties and setbacks, and d...

Join Michael in discussion of what it means in the Liturgy when the Priest prays “And let us ask for a Christian end to our life, peaceful,...

We live in a consumer culture. Businesses gather and sell data and information about us to target us as consumers. We are increasingly treat...

Join Michael as he discusses the deep theological truths of simple hospitality and how it directly relates to our salvation.

Join Michael as he discusses how we should understand time and reconcile our past through the eternally crucified Christ, and let Him transf...

Join Michael as he discusses how we should see and experience ourselves and others as living icons of Christ, and how we achieve this throug...

Join Michael as he discusses the complementary nature of light and darkness, how both are under God’s control, and how we can understand thi...

Join Michael as he recounts a story of a good friend’s nervous breakdown and his experience of theophany, theosis, repentance, and God’s bea...

Join Michael as he shows why restraint is Christ-like and liberating, and the path of ultimate freedom out of the self-inflicted tyranny of...

Join Michael as he reflects on the recent Supreme Court decision and why we need more than ever to remain prayerful and faithful within ours...

Join Michael as he discusses the success of failure and the failure of success, and how our worldly success can be a blessing or a curse dep...

Join Michael for a discussion on how to understand and overcome the subtle spiritual deafness and spiritual blindness we can suffer from tha...

Join Michael for a discussion on how to avoid being paralyzed with guilt and shame over our worst failures, and experience God at work withi...

Join Michael for a discussion on why forgiving ourselves is often so hard and what we need to understand and do to open our hearts to self-f...

Join Michael as he examines trauma and traumatic episodes from his life, and explores how to use them to develop a deeper trust in God.

Join Michael as he examines what it means to experience true freedom, and why what we think is freedom is a form of bondage we don’t recogni...

Join Michael as he examines the role expression of opinion plays in society today, how to guard ourselves against our own and other’s opinio...