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Sunday Homilies and Theological Reflections with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Weekly homilies and theological reflections recorded from the amvon of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California. This podcast is sponsored by Patristic Nectar Publications, a publisher specializing in resources for Orthodox catechesis. We thank you for allowing us to be a part of your spiritual quest, and we hope that your listening experience is an edifying one.
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Episodes (852)
Reflection | What Robots Will Never Do
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Reflection | You Promised to Obey with Joy
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Reflection | Your Greatest Obstacle
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Reflection | Why Are People Converting to Orthodoxy?
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Reflection | Heaven is Thirsty
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Reflection | God's Humility
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Homily | The Humble Throne of Christ - Palm Sunday (April 13, 2025)
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Homily | The Death Destroying Power of Jesus' Voice - St. Lazarus Saturday (Apri...
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Reflection | On Despondency
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Homily | Conquering The Demon of Noon Day - St. John of Sanai - 4th Sunday of Gr...
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Interview | Transhumanism, Feminism, and the Crisis of Modern Masculinity
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Reflection | No Other Gods - Do This and You Will Live
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Homily | Awe-Struck Before the Lord - Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas (March 16, 2...
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Reflection | Being Saved with Your Friends
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Homily | The Anathemas of Mother Church - Sunday of Holy Orthodoxy (March 9, 202...
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Reflection | Lowest Common Denominator Christianity
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Homily | Living in a Double Exile - Sunday of Forgiveness (March 2, 2025)
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Reflection | Embrace Voluntary Exile
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Homily | The Supremacy of Humility - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (Fe...
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Reflection | Does Western Civilization Have a Future?
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Reflection | Judgement Day
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Reflection | Shame and False Shame
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Reflection | Sports Betting is Exploding
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Reflection | Humility is Treasure
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Reflection | Dirtier Fingernails and Cleaner Minds
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Reflection | How Does the Virgin Mary Do Miracles?
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Homily | Waiting For Jesus - Great Feast of the Meeting of the Lord 2025
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Reflection | The Three Types of Christians
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Reflection | Our Compromised Military
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Homily | When Christ Appears
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Reflection | Do You Have a Right to Communion?
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Interview | How Can We Combat Abortion?
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Reflection | The Golden Age?
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Reflection | Why Life is So Hard
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Interview | This ONE Thing Will Change Your Marriage Forever
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Interview | No Sin is Too Big
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Reflection | Theophany and Cultural Darkness
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Reflection | Pray for California
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Reflection | The Greatest Man
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Homily | Three Fold Repentance - Sunday Before Theophany 2025
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Interview | Can You be a Good Person without God?
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Reflection | The 2 Births of Jesus
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Homily | If My People Humble Themselves
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Reflection | Christmas Makes Us Rich
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Reflection | How Can Someone Love Jesus This Much?!
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Reflection | Having the Bible Without the Church?
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Father Josiah's Young Republicans Invocation
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Interview | Why Young People Are Losing Faith
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Reflection | Personal Happiness
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Homily | Stand Upright - Gospel of Luke 13:10-17
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