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Archpriest George Morelli PhD

Complete Archive Index

February 22, 2021 by Archpriest George Morelli PhD

The essays below are archived on the Orthodoxy Today site. Essays published in 2021 and beyond appear on the Orthodox Healing site.

TOPICS: GOOD MARRIAGE SERIES | SMART PARENTING SERIES | CHAPLAIN’S CORNER SERIES | ESSAYS | LIGHT OF THE EAST – SOCIETY OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Good Marriage Series

Practical advice on strengthening marriages.

  • Good Marriage XXIV. Trust: A Cornerstone of a Godly Marriage
  • Commitment and loyalty are the foundation of trust in marriage
    December 4, 2011

  • Good Marriage XXII.  A Marriage Breaker: Obnoxiously Insisting on Your Point of View
  • Forcing “truth” makes it unlikely it will be heard
    April 8, 2011

  • Good Marriage XXI. Forfending Disclosure Demand and Disclosure Phobia
  • Even Jesus did not demand anyone disclose their thoughts and feelings to Him
    January 5, 2011

  • Good Marriage XX. Avoiding the Ultimatum Manipulation
  • We upset ourselves by our irrational interpretations of such events or situations
    July 6, 2010

  • Good Marriage XIX. Overcoming The Coercion Perception Stumbling Block
  • Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face
    December 25, 2009

  • Good Marriage XVIII. Marriage and Parenting in the Domestic Church
  • St. Chrysostom: Marriage is an esteemed path to salvation
    August 13, 2009

  • Good Marriage XVII. Wrecking a Marriage: Demanding Human Justice
  • The judgment of man is one thing; the judgment of God is another
    June 11, 2009

  • Good Marriage XVI. Pre-Marriage: Avoiding Infatuation Intoxication
  • Love is blind but the neighbors ain’t
    March 3, 2009

  • Good Marriage XV. Ensnared By Mindless Helping
  • For Christians, help is a problematic concept
    February 8, 2009

  • Good Marriage XIV. The Anti-Negotiation Stumbling Block
  • One spouse cannot spontaneously know what the other wants or needs
    October 8, 2008

  • Good Marriage XIII. The Theology of Marriage and Sexuality
  • Looking deeper into the meaning and structure of marriage
    July 6, 2008

  • Good Marriage XII. Overdependency
  • Does overdependence on a spouse reveal a lack of trust in God?
    January 20, 2008

  • Good Marriage XI. The Game Of Relationship Self-Esteem
  • Healthy self-identity in marriage
    January 9, 2008

  • Good Marriage X. Perfectionism
  • How ideas about the “perfect spouse” can undermine marital stability
    November 20, 2007

  • Good Marriage IX. Trapped in a False Definition of Marital Love
  • Wrong ideas about love can weaken a marriage
    October 4, 2007

  • Good Marriage VIII. Rejection Phobia
  • When the fear of rejection can become self-fulfilling
    September 21, 2007

  • Good Marriage VII. ‘Desperate Togetherness’ and the Fear of Being Alone
  • Fear of being alone can add the element of desperation to a marriage
    August 7, 2007

  • Good Marriage VI. Romantic Love – The Double Edged Sword of Marriage
  • Romantic love not enough to sustain a marriage
    July 22, 2007

  • Good Marriage V. Staying Focused
  • A guideline for communication, negotiation and collaboration
    July 7, 2007

  • Good Marriage IV. The “Preference Scale”
  • A tool for communication, negotiation, and collaboration
    June 2, 2007

  • Good Marriage III. Nagging: The Ultimate Marital Over-Control
  • Nagging breeds anger and resentment
    May 15, 2007

  • Good Marriage II. Reciprocity—The One-Way Contract that can Wreck a Marriage
  • The impossibility of meeting unreasonable expectations
    April 27, 2007

  • Good Marriage I – How an Attitude of Entitlement Undermines Marriage
  • Unreasonable expectations can lead to anger and strife
    March 15, 2007

Orthodox Healing

Smart Parenting Series

Practical advice on raising children

  • Smart Parenting XXV: “Yes, Virginia, Second and Third Hand Smoking is Child Abuse”
  • Exposing children to secondhand smoke is a “moral failure” that needs addressing by mental health practitioners
    July 11, 2015

  • Smart Parenting XXIV: Spanking – Physical, Psychological and Moral Abuse
  • There are better ways to teach behavioral discipline than imposing pain
    November 1, 2014

  • Smart Parenting XXII. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting
  • Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’s sake
    August 1, 2013

  • Smart Parenting XXI. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are The Peacemakers
  • Bring peace to ourselves in order to bring it to our families
    May 1, 2013

  • Smart Parenting XX. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are the Pure of Heart
  • Purity of heart and the Light of God
    January 2, 2013

  • Smart Parenting IXX. Halloween: A Few Spiritual Pointers for Orthodox Parents
  • Halloween is a pagan holiday that was never Christianized. Here’s some ideas on how to handle it
    October 23, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XVIII. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are the Merciful
  • Blessed are the merciful, for they shall find mercy
    October 4, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XXVII. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Righteousness
  • Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness Sake for They Shall be Filled
    August 18, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XXVI. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are The Meek
  • Meekness as a source of strength
    June 1, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XXV. Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are They Who Mourn
  • Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted
    May 2, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XXIV Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
  • Becoming poor in spirit
    January 2, 2012

  • Smart Parenting XXIII. Coping with Bullying
  • A comprehensive but practical look at bullying and how to deal with it
    October 3, 2011

  • Smart Parenting XXII. Witnessing Loyalty, Dedication and Dependability
  • Parents need to model dedication, loyalty, and dependability
    August 1, 2011

  • Smart Parenting XXI. Raising Children Disposed to Peace
  • Teaching your children peace in a violent world
    July 1, 2011

  • Smart Parenting XX. The Theology and Practice of Love Made Simple
  • God’s love for us is individualized and concrete
    May 1, 2011

  • Smart Parenting XIX. Preparing for the Extinction Explosion
  • A sane and successful way to handle extreme temper tantrums
    December 1, 2101

  • Smart Parenting XVIII. A Spiritual Child as a Happy Child
  • What makes for a happy child?
    August 15, 2009

  • Smart Parenting XVII. Love and Worship in the Domestic Church – Of God or Idols?
  • What we do reflects what we value
    July 15, 2009

  • Smart Parenting XVI. Styles of Parenting
  • Authoritative parenting best for raising pro-social children
    May 22, 2009

  • Smart Parenting XV. When your Child Brings up a Conflict Between Church and Science
  • The measure of all things is Christ
    November 21, 2008

  • Smart Parenting XIV. Talking To Children About Same-Sex “Marriage”
  • Children see the campaign for same-sex marriage all around them. How do parents respond?
    September 19, 2008

  • Smart Parenting XIII. Tools for Smart Punishing
  • The right and wrong ways of punishing children
    June 10, 2008

  • Smart Parenting XII. The Time Out Tool
  • Shaping behavior through constructive consequences
    May 26, 2008

  • Smart Parenting XI. Smart Tools—Shaping and Consistency
  • Children conform to the rules their parents obey
    March 17, 2008

  • Smart Parenting X. Combating Secularism’s Most Serious Sin: Indifference
  • Parenting and spiritual awareness
    February 12, 2008

  • Smart Parenting IX. Talking to Children When a Popular Role Model Falls Short
  • Teach, don’t preach. Some sample questions with answers
    December 29, 2007

  • Smart Parenting VIII. Fighting For Christ at Christmas—Combating Secularism
  • Preserving the holiness of Christmas in the home
    December 18, 2007

  • Smart Parenting VII. Combating Secularism in the Home
  • Using current events (The Golden Compass) to fight secularism in the home
    December 4, 2007

  • Smart Parenting VI. Talking To Children About Sex
  • If parents don’t teach their children, the culture will
    August 28, 2007

  • Smart Parenting V. A Short Lesson for Father’s Day
  • Fathers, mothers, and Paris Hilton
    June 14, 2007

  • Smart Parenting IV. Cuss Control
  • Bad language pollutes the culture and harms the child
    September 24, 2006

  • Smart Parenting III. Developing Emotional Control
  • How we deal with ourselves affects how we deal with our children
    March 25, 2006

  • Smart Parenting II. Raising Well-Behaved Children
  • Practical tips on raising your child
    February 4, 2006

  • Smart Parenting I. Raising Well-Behaved Children
  • Practical tips on raising your child
    September 15, 2005

Orthodox Healing

Chaplain’s Corner Series

Short essays written for the La Jolla Veteran’s Hospital newsletter in La Jolla, California

  • Being True to Our Purpose
  • Keep you eyes trained on the goal
    February 2, 2016

  • What the World Needs Now is Personhood
  • That the world needs love is a truism. But what kind of love does it need?
    January 1, 2016

  • The Best Thanksgiving is Giving
  • It’s an old aphorism but true: It is better to give than to receive.
    November 23, 2015

  • Courageous Engagement
  • Good religion should inspire us to act heroically to the best of our ability
    October 1, 2015

  • Undue Concern Over Other’s Problems
  • Undue concern about the problems of others affects our own well-being
    September 1, 2015

  • Chaplains Corner: Fixation on Past History
  • It’s not true that if we felt strongly about something in the past we will feel the same in the future
    August 1, 2015

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Healthy Dependence
  • The signs of unhealthy dependence are high intensity of the emotional need, a sense of self worthlessness, a lack of confidence and ensuing helplessness and hopelessness when not dependent on others
    July 4, 2015

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Overcoming the Avoidance of Responsibilities
  • Prefer not to face discomfort. The comfortable route is to do what is easy, natural or intrinsically enjoyable
    June 4, 2015

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Persevering in Fearsome Situations
  • Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears
    May 7, 2015

  • Chaplain’s Corner: True Happiness
  • Two paths to experience happiness
    April 3, 2015

  • Chaplains Corner: What We Do Is Not Who We Are
  • “We can strongly disapprove of the nefarious works or actions of others while still maintaining their worth or personhood.”
    March 1, 2015

  • Perfectionism vs. Diligence
  • Perfectionism is the enemy of success. Diligence is its friend
    February 3, 2015

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Overcoming the Need for Approval
  • According to the Church Fathers, the dire need for approval is a form of “vain-glory.”
    January 1, 2105

  • Chaplains Corner: People Are Going to Act the Way They Want To, Not the Way I Want
  • “The more religious a man is, the more he will respect the decision of his fellow man not to go further”
    December 2, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Is the Cup Half Full or Half Empty?
  • Are you a cynic or hopeful?
    November 1, 2014

  • Finding One’s Meaning in Life
  • Finding your meaning leads to finding your purpose
    October 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Annoyance is Routine, Anger is a Killer
  • When ‘catastrophizing’ occurs, an emotional reaction way beyond annoyance ensues
    September 1, 2014

  • Excuses
  • “Step up and own it!”
    August 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Unlikely Heroes in Crisis Times
  • Heroes can be ordinary people who do extraordinary things
    July 1, 21014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Silence is Golden
  • Would it not be ideal if “the word unspoken” . . .sprang from the habits of a truly virtuous mind and heart?
    June 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Spiritual Neglect
  • Thoughts on sloth
    May 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner—Harmony: What the World Needs Now
  • Music helps us understand the meaning of harmony
    April 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: The Importance of Family in Healing
  • Healing improves in caring families
    March 2, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner. Integrity: The Foundation of Trust
  • Integrity is a weapon in reestablishing trust
    February 3, 2014

  • Where has all the Trust Gone?
  • The damage that loss of trust and diminishment of trustworthiness cause in the modern world. . .may be a significant reason to re-establish religion in our lives
    January 1, 2014

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Self Awareness and Self Control
  • Success requires discipline, passion, and hard work
    December 1, 2013

  • Chaplain’s Corner – Supporting Others
  • There is a spiritual connection in supporting others
    Novermber 1, 2013

  • Chaplains Corner – Supporting Orthers
  • There’s a spiritual connection in supporting others
    October 3, 2013

  • Self Honesty
  • The psychological multi-dimensionality of self-honesty
    September 1, 2013

  • Defusing Incivility
  • Incivility begets more incivility
    July 1, 2013

  • Ordinary People & Extraordinary Demands
  • After the Boston bombings we knew the world changed — again
    June 1, 2013

  • Peace is Precious
  • There can be no happiness without peace
    May 1, 2013

  • Chaplains Corner – Self Reflection: Compassion and Civility
  • Self-reflection is critical to the spiritual life
    April 1, 2013

  • Chaplain’s Corner: The Arrogance of Power, The Power of Humility
  • Hubris and humility
    March 2, 2013

  • Seeing the Good in Others
  • When things look bad, look for good
    February 2, 2013

  • Chaplain’s Corner. Discipline: Our Commitment For Next Year and All Our Lives
  • Resolutions for the New Year might be useless but self-discipline is not
    January 2, 2013

  • Chaplains Corner. Blessed Christmas: On the Use of the Wealth of Our Bounty
  • Wealth requires compassion.
    December 2, 2012

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Wisdom, Age and Belief in God
  • The older we get, the more likely we will believe in God
    November 6, 2012

  • Chaplain’s Corner. Resilience: The Key to Catastrophe Management
  • Are things really as bad as they seem?
    October 4, 2013

  • Bullying: Defacing God’s Image
  • Kindliness is next to godliness
    September 3, 2012

  • Selective Focusing
  • We all filter what we see
    July 31, 2012

  • The Need for Prayer in Our Lives
  • Prayer can have physical, psychological and spiritual benefits
    July 2, 2012

  • Everything in Moderation
  • Do all things in moderation
    June 1, 2012

  • Chaplain’s Corner.  God: The Source of Life’s Ultimate Meaning
  • The way of un-knowing can be the way of knowing
    May 2, 2012

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Silence is Golden
  • The value of silence cuts across many religious traditions
    April 1, 2012

  • Chaplain’s Corner: Heroism Revisited
  • Be well disposed to the people around you
    March 1, 2012

  • Chaplains Corner: Even the Thought is an Affront to God
  • Limiting the service of chaplains gives the impression that government administrators think religion is unimportant
    January 2, 2012

  • Commitment for a New Year: Overcoming Rudeness
  • Treating people rudely violates their inherent dignity
    January 1, 2012

  • Remembrance of God
  • Being “Scrooge-like” is a spiritual illness with a cure
    December 5, 2011

  • Overcoming Bitterness
  • Bitterness impedes personal growth
    November 5, 2011

  • Compassion: The Forgotten Virtue
  • Compassion is a skill that can be developed by practice
    October 3, 2011

  • Anger – The Boomerang Emotion
  • As anger increases, so does its destructiveness
    September 1, 2011

  • Making Our Future
  • Blessed Augustine writes: Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you
    August 1, 2011

  • Divine Justice vs. Human Justice
  • The way things appear to us is not always the way they appear to God
    July 1, 2011

  • Finding Meaning in Suffering
  • Much worry comes from the idea that life should be the way we want it to be. Most of the time it isn’t
    June 5, 2001

  • The Hidden Devastation of Greed
  • The moral dimension of our economic crisis
    May 1, 2011

  • Pride: The Source of All Evil
  • Pride is the root of all vice
    April 8, 2011

  • Worthy Work
  • What determines what work is worthy?
    March 1, 2011

  • Envy: The Concealed Passion
  • Envy is listed last in the 10 Commandments but near first in evil consequences
    January 3, 2011

  • What Happened to Christmas? A Lesson For All Godly People
  • Secular “neutrality” is hardly neutral
    November 29, 2010

  • Giving at Thanksgiving
  • Let’s walk the path of giving
    November 1, 2010

  • The Center of Godliness is Forgiveness
  • To forgive is divine
    October 1, 2010

  • The Heart: The Revelation of our True Self
  • God doesn’t hear our shouts, he looks at our heart
    September 8, 2010

  • Godly Greatness in the Midst Of Calamity
  • “For he who has wealth hoarded up cannot hope in God”
    September 10, 2010

  • Maintaining our Moral Compass
  • It starts with “watchfulness.”
    July 6, 2010

  • Perseverance
  • Opportunity is missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
    May 25, 2010

  • “You Owe Me One!” — The Reciprocity Factor
  • Who do those who do a favor expect one in return?
    April 29, 2010

  • Work and Pray
  • Finding God as you work
    April 9, 2010

  • Brokenness, Prayer, Forgiveness and Healing
  • Pray for those who despitefully use you.
    April 9, 2010

  • New Year Resolutions? Bah Humbug!
  • Do it right or don’t bother
    January 15, 2010

  • And on Earth…Peace
  • …to men of good will
    December 25, 2009

  • Overcoming The Coercion Perception
  • Arrogance is an abomination to the Lord
    December 15, 2009

  • Godless Thanksgiving
  • “The last time I thought about God, was when I was high-tailing it away from the cops.”
    November 15, 2009

  • The Blame Game
  • Real events cannot be changed but our reaction to them can
    October 27, 2009

  • The Fruit and Responsibility of Labor
  • Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening..
    September 26, 2009

  • Brokenness: Hope and Optimism
  • Hope is fostered in tribulation
    August 13, 2009

  • Honest Friendship?
  • A circle of true friends is relatively small
    July 12, 2009

  • Entitlement: Sabotaging Relationships
  • Whenever we make a demand based on our title we operate from an entitlement perspective
    June 1, 2009

  • Spiritual Winter — Spiritual Spring
  • After darkness, light…after death, resurrection
    April 20, 2009

  • Mindfullness: A Tool to Break Bad Habits and Troubling Emotions
  • “Be watchful in all things…”
    April 19, 2009

  • Double Your Worry, Double Your Problem
  • “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down ….”
    March 1, 2009

  • Having Our Own Way
  • People and events are going to be the way they are
    January 31, 2009

  • Labeling Others: The Clear Thinking Trap
  • Labels betray a basic thinking error
    January 22, 2009

  • Christmas: A National Holiday
  • Different traditions can stand side by side with each other
    December 20, 2008

  • Thanksgiving: The National Holy-day
  • “Give thanks in everything…”
    November 1, 2008

  • Kindness: The Key to Heaven and People
  • Kindness is central to many religious traditions.
    October 18, 2008

  • Placing Impossible Standards on Ourselves
  • The key to success is to use the talents God gave us
    September 18, 2008

  • Defeating Anxiety: Overcoming the Need for Approval
  • The question we ask should be: “What do I want to accomplish in life?”
    August 29, 2008

  • Kindness is Pleasing to Both God and Man
  • Is there an alternative to angry communication?
    September 18, 2008

  • Pastoral Reflections on Suicide in the Military
  • Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the military. Why? What can be done about it?
    June 25, 2008

Orthodox Healing

Essays

Reflections on the world today

  • The Spirituality of Moral Unity: Standing Together
  • The 21st century: The best and worst of times
    December 12, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners – Part 8
  • “You doctors, must take good care of your patients in order to avoid unpleasant situations.”
    October 20, 2015

  • Saving God’s Creation: Another East-West Alliance
  • A moral challenge to be aware of our past sins and repent for them by reversing the ills we have inflicted
    September 5, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners: Part 7
  • A follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course
    August 3, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners – Part 7
  • Afollow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course, that appeared in four parts over the years 2012-2013
    June 4, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners – Part 6
  • A follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course
    April 3, 2015

  • Healing Society: Understanding True Personhood
  • Some Christian communities not in communion with the Apostolic Churches have not dealt directly with the issue of personhood.
    March 1, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners — Part 5
  • A follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course published in 2012-2013
    February 3, 2015

  • Allied Against Criminalizing Christ and His Church
  • A segment of secular society seeks to persecute and criminalize Christ and His Church
    January 1, 2015

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners—Part 4
  • A follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course
    December 2, 2014

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practioners—Part 3
  • A follow up to “Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course.”
    October 1, 2014

  • New Martyrs Everywhere
  • The Evil One working under the guise of our own particular weaknesses particularly the passions and prejudices
    September 1, 2014

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners:  Part 2
  • A follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course
    August 1, 2014

  • Healing the Church of the Homogenization of Vocations: A Psycho-Theological Reflection
  • The teachings of Christ and His Church is not formulated by popular opinion
    July 1, 2014

  • Understanding Orthodoxy for Mental Health Practitioners – Part 1
  • The mission of the Orthodox Christian Church, at its most basic, is to continue and make available the restorative healing of mankind
    June 1, 2014

  • Staying Connected To Our Spiritual Family: Our Parish Church
  • How we to do the work of God?
    May 1, 2014

  • Interiorized Spirituality (Monasticism) and the Domestic Church
  • The family home is the “domestic Church.”
    April 1, 2014

  • Compassion: The Forgotten Virtue
  • Lack of compassion is because of separation from God
    March 2, 2014

  • Dealing with the Assault on Christ’s Church – Official and Unofficial
  • The Affordable Care Act is an assault on religious freedom
    February 3, 2014

  • Mindfulness as Known by the Church Fathers
  • Spiritual health equals pure thoughts, an enlightened mind, and a purified heart
    January 10, 2014

  • Interview with Fr. George Morelli: To Teach and To Heal
  • A closer look at Fr. George Morelli and the ideas guiding his ministry
    Nov 25, 21013

  • Living as an Orthodox Christian in a Non-Orthodox World
  • Faith, like hope and love, begins at home
    October 3, 2013

  • Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course Part 4
  • Examining the healing potential of faith
    September 1, 2013

  • Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course Part 3
  • Distorted cognitions and the passions (strong emotions).
    July 1, 2013

  • The Body and Sexuality: How We As Orthodox Understand It
  • A Lenten Retreat
    June 1, 2013

  • Following Jesus:  The Power of Forgiveness
  • Theological, psychological and .practical suggestions for growth
    April 1, 2013

  • Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course Part 2
  • Cognitive therapy and religious practice
    February 2, 2013

  • Sandy Hook: Psychospiritual Reflections and Interventions
  • Both reference to the higher things and practical interventions are required to deal with the trauma of Sandy Hook
    January 4, 2013

  • Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course Part 1
  • For the Christian, psychotherapy is one component of the healing process of healing ‘body, mind and spirit.’
    December 2, 2012

  • Food That Perishes: An Orthodox Approach to Food and Eating Disorders
  • Problems with food can be a disorder
    September 3, 2012

  • Commentary: Profiles in Moral Courage
  • Standing up for what is right
    August 9, 2012

  • Ministry to Those with Alternative Lifestyles
  • What did the Church Fathers say about proper spiritual counsel?
    July 2, 2012

  • Healing Society: Revisiting Witnessing Christ in a Secular Age
  • There can be grievous spiritual danger for Christians in public display of their commitment to Christ
    April 1, 2012

  • Christian Belief and the Medical Establishment, Part II
  • Under what circumstances do we ask God for help?
    March 15, 2012

  • Christian Belief and the Medical Establishment, Part I
  • The practice of medicine needs a firm and coherent moral grounding
    March 15, 2012

  • Surpassing Human Justice: Enthroning Divine Justice
  • The cry for justice is heard around the world
    March 1, 2012

  • The Favor of God Was Upon Him—Homily on the Circumcision of Christ, January 1, 2012
  • What are the works that we must do that follow from Christ’s teachings?
    January 3, 2012

  • Understanding Counseling in a Pastoral Setting
  • A presentation below was given to the Clergy Retreat of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, November 08-11, 2011, in Scottsdale, AZ.
    January 1, 2012

  • Christ: Our Model for Forgiveness
  • “Forgive one another as I have forgiven you.”
    November 5, 2011

  • Revisiting that Kindness and Forgiveness Are Next to Godliness: Even in Church
  • Harsh severity and anger can drive people away from the Church
    September 1, 2011

  • Healing Apostolic Church Disunity: Zeal – Among the first of virtues required by Holy Baptism
  • Love is the key to zealous committment in the Church
    June 5, 2011

  • Out of the Fountain that is Christ: Free Will, Tolerance and Forgiveness
  • How should Christians respond to the charge that they are intolerant?
    March 1, 2011

  • Pastoral Pointer: It’s the Spirit Behind the Letter
  • The letter kills but the Spirit gives life
    February 1, 2010

  • Combatting Secularism: A Powerpoint Presentation for Clergy and Catechists
  • A talk given to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco clergy, November, 2010
    January 1, 2011

  • The Ethos of Orthodox Catechesis: The Mind of the Orthodox Church
  • Using what is sacred to teach about things that are sacred
    November 25, 2010

  • The Imposition of Sharia Law
  • A case for the application of christian law in secular society
    November 24, 2010

  • Beauty, the Divine Connection: Psychospiritual Reflections
  • To find beauty is to find God, to find God is to find beauty
    October 1, 2010

  • The Laws Of Nature Are Also The Laws Of God – Evolution: A Psychospiritual Reflection
  • Wrestling with Genesis and evolution
    September 8, 2010

  • Emotional Activation And Psychospiritual Intervention: An Overview
  • Spiritual counseling and the physiology of the brain
    August 1, 2010

  • Book Review: Surviving the Folded Flag
  • A story of emotional anguish, grief, attempts to understand, and survival strength of those who have lost a loved one in war
    July 19, 2010

  • Living as a Christian in a Post-Christian World: Discernment
  • “Do not be conformed to this world…”
    June 1, 2010

  • Toward Healing Church Schism: Overview and Psycho-theological Reflection
  • What can we do to achieve unity between Catholics and Orthodox?
    April 30, 2010

  • Clergy Burnout and Fatigue
  • Ways to manage the demands and resulting stress of the pastoral vocation
    April 21, 2010

  • Cultivating Spiritual Perception
  • A psychological and theological reflection on icons
    April 18, 2010

  • Recalling Lent: Christ is Our Model For Forgiveness
  • “Forgive one another even as I have forgiven you…”
    April 9, 2010

  • The Disarming Technique
  • What to do when two ‘truths’ threaten to collide
    April 9, 2010

  • A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
  • When Christians do wrong, other Christians need to call them on it
    December 31, 2009

  • The Power of the Name: Implications For Orthodox Psycho-Theology
  • Change the language, and you change the faith
    November 17, 2009

  • Overcoming Anxiety: Christ, The Church Fathers and Cognitive Scientific Psychology
  • “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down” (Proverbs 12:25)
    October 24, 2009

  • Secularism and the Mind of Christ and the Church: Some Psycho-Spiritual Reflections
  • When the social consensus shatters, where do we look to?
    September 26, 2009

  • A Psycho-Spiritual Eulogy for Suicide: Dimly Glimpsing the Incomprehensible
  • The paradox of a good God permitting evil
    July 30, 2009

  • Book Review. Faith Under Fire
  • Memoir shows even chaplains face spiritual crisis in war zone
    April 12, 2009

  • Healing The Infirmity Of Sin: A Brief Explanation
  • Some ABC’s of spiritual healing
    April 10, 2009

  • The Scandal: Jesus Hangs on the Cross to Forgive Us of Sin
  • A reflection for Lent
    March 28, 2009

  • Suicide: Christ, His Church and Modern Medicine
  • How do we make sense of suicide?
    January 13, 2009

  • The Theophany and Healing
  • Our Lord as physician and healer
    January 6, 2009

  • Ministry at the End of Life
  • Advice on dealing with sickness and death
    December 20, 2008

  • Patient Endurance
  • Persevering through troubling times
    August 2, 2008

  • Pastoral Reflections on Suicide in the Military
  • Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the military. Why? What can be done about it?
    June 25, 2008

  • Pascha: Marital Vocation and Putting on Christ
  • How marriage relates to the renewal offered us by the resurrection of Christ
    June 16, 2008

  • The Fruit of Pentecost: The Holy Spirit and Healing
  • The Holy Spirit as God’s agent of healing
    June 16, 2008

  • The Ethos of Lent
  • Nuggets of wisdom for the Lenten journey
    April 1, 2008

  • The Orthodox Understanding of Sin
  • A Lenten reflection
    March 14, 2008

  • Asceticism And Psychology In The Modern World
  • Is asceticism limited to monks in an abandoned or desolate location? Are ordinary Christians different from monks?
    March 5, 2006

  • Humility And Purity Of Heart: A Lenten Reflection”
  • “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
    March 5, 2008

  • The Publican: A Model for our Lenten Journey
  • Humility is the foundation of virtue, pride its destruction
    February 14, 2008

  • Forgiveness is Healing
  • Anger destroys, forgiveness can heal
    December 2, 2007

  • From The Fathers of the Ecumenical Councils
  • Be open to the Word of God.
    Be open minded to the Word of God
    October 21, 2007

  • The Healing Christ Our Heavenly Physician
  • All healing comes from God
    October 3, 2007

  • The Tragedy of the Vatican’s Recent Declaration on the Roman Church
  • Vatican self-understanding undermines ecumenical progress
    July 13, 2007

  • The Psycho-Spirituality of Forgiving People and Nations
  • Forgiveness in personal and social relationships
    April 3, 2007

  • Making Psychological Referrals in the Parish
  • Priests poorly trained about psychological problems they encounter
    February 28, 2007

  • The Spiritual Roots of Altruism: The Good Samaritan
  • Altruism and the divine love toward the neighbor
    February 4, 2007

  • A Theophany Within
  • If Jesus is who He says He is, why don’t I see Him more clearly?
    January 12, 2007

  • The Ethos of Orthodox Christian Healing
  • An Orthodox Christian view of the healing of soul and body
    December 21, 2006

  • Understanding Clergy Stress
  • A psycho-spiritual response
    December 5, 2006

  • Understanding Homosexuality
  • An Orthodox Christian perspective
    November 20, 2006

  • Conflict and Disagreement
  • An analysis of Pope Benedict’s remarks based on the parable of “The Publican and the Pharisee” and Conflict Management
    October 31, 2006

  • A Reality-Delusional Test About Forgiveness
  • What can the Amish teach the Orthodox?
    October 11, 2006

  • Overcoming Depression
  • Cognitive scientific psychology and the Church Fathers
    October 5, 2006

  • Whose Church Do I Belong To: My Church or the Orthodox Church of Christ?
  • Secularism and the corruption of Church and society
    September 6, 2006

  • My Experience as a Priest and Psychologist at an Orthodox Maternity Home
  • Serving the women of the Martha and Mary House
    August 6, 2006

  • Dealing With Brokenness in the World
  • Learned psychological optimism and the virtue of hope
    July 29, 2006

  • Assertiveness and Christian Charity
  • Thy spiritual and psychological dynamics of assertive responses
    July 2, 2006

  • Illness, Death, and Life
  • An Orthodox perspective
    June 7, 2006

  • The Prophet Joel
  • A message for today’s secular world
    June 7, 2006

  • Illness, Death, and Life: An Orthodox Perspective
  • An Orthodox perspective
    June 7, 2006

  • The Spiritual Roots of Procrastination
  • Orthodox tradition deepens and clarifies the psychological findings
    June 4, 2006

  • Orthodoxy and the Science of Psychology
  • When psychology conforms to the scientific method, it can complement Orthodox teaching
    May 8, 2006

  • “Sexual Addiction”
  • An Orthodox and scientific view
    April 3, 2006

Orthodox Healing

Light of the East – Society of St. John Chrysostom

Messages for Light of the East, the quarterly newsletter of the St. John Chrysostom Society – Western Region. Visit their website: www.lightoftheeast.org.

  • Toward Healing Apostolic Church Disunity: Speaking with One Voice
  • Even though the Catholic and Orthodox Churches are divided, maintaining agreement on the core issues of the Christian faith is paramount
    December 1, 2013

  • Renewed Possibilities for the Apostolic Churches
  • The pastoral focus of Pope Francis bodes increased cooperation of the Apostolic Churches.
    August 1, 2013

  • Apostolic Church Unity: Hope, Prayer and Work
  • Orthodox and Catholic cooperation is increasing
    March 2, 2013

  • Moral Courage
  • Moral issues matter in elections
    September 18, 2012

  • Moral Courage
  • Moral issues matter in elections
    September 18, 2012

  • The New Martyrs In Syria
  • Christians will suffer in the Syrian conflict
    July 29, 2012

  • + His Holiness Pope Shenouda III – May His Memory Be Eternal!
  • Remembering a great Christian leader
    May 26, 2012

  • Our Prayerful Thanks to God for All Who Uphold Christian Moral Principles
  • Traditionalist Christians may differ in details, but they unified on the essentials
    March 16, 2012

  • Working Together in Charity
  • Any interaction we have with others, especially those who may differ with us should be based on the utmost charity that Christ showed Himself
    September 12, 2011

  • Zeal: Among the First of Virtues of our Missionary Apostolate
  • We have to cultivate the virtue of zeal
    May 17, 2011

  • Moral Courage: Something the Apostolic Churches Can Do Now
  • Defending the moral tradition in the face of secularism, moral relativism and political and religious correctness
    February 1, 2011

  • God’s Mercy: The Focus of Eastern & Western Church Understanding
  • God does nothing out of retribution
    Winter, 2010

  • Stormy Weather Committment
  • Pope Benedict is an example of Christ-like endurance towards hostility
    Fall, 2010

  • Healing Orthodox Division: A Message for all Apostolic Churches
  • Ground-breaking step taken to unify the Orthodox Churches in America
    Summer, 2010

  • The Byzantine Liturgy as Missionary
  • The Byzantine Liturgy as a missionary tool
    Spring, 2010

  • The Wounds in the Body of Christ
  • Coming to our senses
    Winter, 2009

  • On the Blood of the Martyrs
  • Human barriers do not reach up to heaven
    Fall, 2009

  • The Society of St. John Chysostom as Witness
  • The Church Has to Break Down Mechanisms That Alienate People
    Summer, 2009

  • Relativism: The Enemy of All Apostolic Churches
  • Don’t despair at the relativism of many nominal Christians
    Spring, 2009

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March 3, 2021 by Archpriest George Morelli PhD

 

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