Finding the Freedom to Live

Andrew Williams and Ancient Faith Radio

Finding the Freedom to Live (FtFtL) grew out of a desire to help Eastern Orthodox Christians integrate our lives and relationships through a deeper understanding of our Tradition and theology. We focus particularly on intimacy, relationships and sexuality, but our concern is with the whole person.

  • Confessing Who I Am
    The fathers tell us it is important to know ourselves, but how many of us can really say that we do? Read the transcript HERE.
    28 August 2016, 6:40 pm
  • Sexual Sin, Powerlessness, and Communion
    How do I deal with toxic shame that seems to close off the avenue back to God. Read the transcript HERE.
    21 August 2016, 10:45 am
  • Freedom is a Double-Edged Sword
    Andrew says seeking union with anything or anyone outside of God gradually takes away our freedom, takes away our personhood, takes away our ability to be uniquely ourselves. Read the transcript HERE.
    14 August 2016, 10:11 pm
  • Filling My Emptiness
    In this episode, Andrew says that sex or pornography may be a way for us to try to fill our emptiness, to meet our fear of being alone and unloved. Read the transcript HERE.
    5 August 2016, 8:57 pm
  • Freedom to Repent: The Nun's Blood and Adulteress
    Jesus said “Everyone who practices sin is the slave of sin!” (Jn. 8:34). But we know so long as we live, we live only through God’s dynamic, life-sustaining power active in us. Read the transcript HERE.
    30 July 2016, 12:14 pm
  • What Is Revealed: Talking About Sexuality and Violence
    How talking about anything — including violence and sexuality — can lead to consequences in others’ lives, intentionally and unintentionally. Read the transcript HERE.
    24 July 2016, 7:12 pm
  • Talking to Children About Pornography
    What’s a good time to have such a conversation? Well, it shouldn’t just be a one-off conversation… it should be an ongoing dialogue and discussion. Listen to the podcast and read the transcript HERE.
    14 July 2016, 1:26 pm
  • Pathways out of Addiction 4: Living in Communion
    St Theophan tells us that “the four weapons of which we have spoken receive their power from the forces and gifts of grace, obtained for us by the blood of Christ.” And the mystery of holy communion “is Christ’s blood itself, and His flesh itself, in which Christ is Himself present as God.” Find the transcript HERE.
    7 July 2016, 12:29 pm
  • Pathways Out of Addiction: 3- The Four Spiritual Weapons
    Today Andrew continues his practical advise for freeing ourselves from addiction by offering St. Theophan's four spiritual weapons for our contimplation . Read the transcript HERE.
    30 June 2016, 6:20 pm
  • Pathways out of Addiction 2: Engaging the Battle
    Andrew tells us that will power and relying on ourselves is an ineffective strategy for dealing with addiction to pornography. Read the transcript HERE.
    23 June 2016, 3:35 pm
  • Pathways Out of Addiction: 1 - How Do We Live?
    In the next 4 episodes, Andrew gets very practical on ways to find our way out of addiction. Part 1 asks "How Do We Live?" Read a transcript HERE.
    16 June 2016, 2:49 pm
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