At the Intersection of East and West

This is the 6th lesson of "This Present Moment: Practicing Orthodox Spirituality in an Age of Distraction." Dn. Michael Hyatt is teaching through Time and Despondency by Dr. Nicole Roccas. There is a practice taught by the Fathers and modeled by Jesus to help us battle the power of negative thinking. Learn about the use of counter statement and pick up the little book recommended called Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons.

Dn. Michael Hyatt shares some very valuable and practical insight into the need for and practice of prayer. He is teaching through the book by Dr. Nicole Roccas Time and Despondency and this is lesson 5.

We hear it often. "Live in the present not the past or future," but what does that mean? In lesson four, Dn. Michael Hyatt covers the next two chapters in Dr. Nicole Roccas' book, Time and Despondency.

We hear it often. "Live in the present not the past or future." But what does that mean? In lesson 4, Dn. Michael Hyatt covers the next 2 chapters in Dr. Nicole Roccas' book Time and Despondency.

This is lesson three in Dn. Michael Hyatt's class series "This Present Moment: Practicing Orthodox Spirituality in an Age of Distraction." He is teaching through the popular book by Dr. Nicole Roccas entitled Time and Despondency. Today he looks at the two ways of defining time: chronos and kairos.

This is lesson three in Dn. Michael Hyatt's class series This Present Moment: Practicing Orthodox Spirituality in an Age of Distraction. He is teaching through the popular book by Dr. Nicole Roccas entitled Time and Despondency. Today he looks at the two ways of defining time - Chronos and Kairos.

Dn. Michael Hyatt continues his class series entitled "This Present Moment: Practicing Orthodox Spirituality in an Age of Distraction." Based on the book by Dr. Nicole Roccas—Time and Despondency—he defines despondency and differentiates it from depression.

Dn. Michael Hyatt continues his class series entitled This Present Moment: Practicing Orthodox Spirituality in an Age of Distraction. Based on the book by Dr. Nicole Roccas - Time and Despondency - he defines despondency and differentiates it from depression.

Dn. Michael Hyatt returns to his Sunday school class and begins teaching through Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life..

Dn. Michael Hyatt returns to his Sunday school class and begins teaching through Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life..

Dn. Michael begins a new series on living "in, but not of" the world. He is using four texts from the St. Vladimir's Popular Patristics series. This week he covers C.S. Lewis's introduction to the St. Athanasius work On the Incarnation.

What do Orthodox Christians say about Tradition and how does that compare with Roman Catholic and Evangelical assumptions?

It can seem sometimes that if we are not fasting, we are preparing to fast in the Orthodox Church. In part 1, Dn. Michael helps understand why we fast.

Dn. Michael continues his study on fasting in an age of self-gratification and excess.

In his first podcast, Dn. Michael tackles the question of Sola Scriptura and the Tradition of the Church.