Sacramental Living

Michael Haldas and Ancient Faith Radio

Sacramental Living is a series of podcasts by Michael Haldas about how to understand and live our Orthodox Christian faith in the context of real life and real world issues and continually grow closer to God.

  • Growth and Struggle in Liminal Space – Lessons from St. Mary of Egypt
    Join Michael is a discussion on our need to navigate the difficult liminal spaces in our lives with patience and discernment, as illustrated beautifully in the story of St. Mary of Egypt, and how it is possible to overcome sin and depravity to fulfill our calling to become saints and living icons of Christ.
    11 April 2024, 5:03 am
  • A Dangerous Time of Year
    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 true purpose
    21 March 2024, 5:03 am
  • The Real Energy Crisis
    Join Michael in a discussion of God’s essence and energies, other energies present in the world, and how we should really understand our motivations to ensure we participate in our actions with God’s grace and not with the enemy.
    6 March 2024, 6:03 am
  • Tragedy, Clarity, and Reconciling Suffering
    Join Michael as he discusses questions about why good people suffer, bad people thrive, and reconciling this with the goodness of God.
    2 February 2024, 6:03 am
  • Two Thieves, Two Ways, Two Choices
    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 thieves, and how the symbolism of the thief applies to us and the choice of salvation or condemnation.
    11 January 2024, 6:03 am
  • Repentance is Our North Star
    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 misunderstand it to our detriment.
    15 December 2023, 6:03 am
  • Hypocrisy and the Mask of Death
    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 ourselves from this deadly sin that causes us to wear “masks” and fall into self-deception, deception of others, and spiritual death.
    30 November 2023, 6:03 am
  • Beauty and Theodicy
    Join Michael in a discussion about experiencing God’s healing and redemptive beauty and goodness even in the worst of life’s circumstances.
    4 August 2023, 1:30 pm
  • Well-Being or Non-Being - It's Our Choice
    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 are not in our best interest and lead us father from God rather than towards Him.
    19 July 2023, 2:32 am
  • Heat Without Light
    Join Michael in a discussion about what it means to create “heat” without “light” and how ego driven self-motivation and self-focus is poisoning society, and what we should be mindful of not to be contributors to this.
    26 June 2023, 2:24 pm
  • Living Intentionally to Live Life Hopefully
    Join Michael in a discussion about living intentionally to embed hopefulness in our body, mind and soul, and accept death with the hope of eternal life.
    13 June 2023, 2:25 pm
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