Ancient Christian Wisdom

"The First Smartphone Dilemma": Free 5-Part Course for parents -> https://go.gadflyacademy.com/waitlist-not-yet-pv-sp In this episode, Dr. Herman Middleton addresses a question the Orthodox Church has not officially answered but the tradition is uniquely equipped to address: what does Orthodoxy demand of us regarding the smartphone, and especially our children's first? Drawing on...

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📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ || Paul Kingsnorth’s Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity is one of the most important books written about technology, modernity, and the loss of the sacred...and it was written...

📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy⁠⁠⁠⁠ || Father Alexander Earl continues his discussion of Beauty as Theophany, by looking at the idea of Beauty in the Fathers, in particular in St. Dionysius the Areopagite. ||Why does the Orthodo...

📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List: ⁠⁠⁠https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy⁠⁠⁠ || In this episode Archpriest Chad Hatfield, previously President of St. Vladimir's Seminary, discusses the history of St. Vladimir's Seminary. || 👉 Subscribe for more deep conversation...

📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List: ⁠⁠https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy⁠⁠ || In this episode, Sr. Anastasia explores the radical soft power of Christianity—the hidden influence that shapes lives and nations in ways the world rarely sees. From the mystical role of women...

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📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List: https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy || In this episode, Sister Anastasia unpacks one of the hardest but most healing aspects of Christian life: intellectual surrender. Drawing from the Orthodox tradition, she explores why humility, inno...

📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || Russian Orthodox pianist Vladimir Pleshakov recounts his childhood in Shanghai in the shadow of St. John Maximovitch's cathedral... 🎥 View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ProtectingVeil || 🔔 SUBSCRIBE, please! || 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! || X/Twitter: http://x.com/protectingveil || Instag...

📙 Download our free eBook on Ancient Christian Wisdom in the modern world at: https://www. ProtectingVeil.com || ✨ The Holy Trinity is not just abstract theology—it reveals something about humanity and creation. || That said, there are limits as to how far there is an analogy between the Holy Trinity and humanity. These limits are important, and are central to Dr. Edith Humphrey's 2025 Keynote a...

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