Generosity—Time and Talent Are Two Different Things
Welcome to The Daily Prayer Team messages, each day includes a passage of scripture, a reflection and a prayer. Sponsored by Saint John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, FL. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a...
What Have You Done With The Talents?
Metropolitan Georgios (Pavlidis) of Nikaia, Athens († 1990) 1. What are the talents? ‘Talents’ are the various qualities, gifts and endowments which we have received from God. All kinds of things. Different in quality and in quantity. One person receives a lot, another receives less. One spiritually and intellectually,...
Listen to the Daily Reading for February 7, 2016
EPISTLE READING Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10 Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1 The Lord will give strength to his people. Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. BRETHREN, working together with him, then, we entreat you...
Monk Wins Singing Competition
And I don’t mean Thelonious Monk, the famous jazz musician. With 76% of the votes for the win on Russia’s version of The Voice, 28 year old, Hiermonk Photios, sang “Per Te” (“For You”.) “The fact that I went on stage thrills and agitates people. [When watching the TV...
Sunday’s Gospel: Our Gift Back to God
Stewardship Sunday 2015 All that we have is a gift from God, yet all we become, and all we do with what we have received, is our gift back to God! How many of us would consider ourselves greedy? It may seem like an uncomfortable question, and yet it’s...
Follow Your Passion
Follow your passion, do what you love, joy is the intersection of that Venn diagram meme where what you’re good at intersects with all the other things you do and why you do them. It seems right, good and worthy. Surely if you love writing, working with animals, plumbing,...
Daily Devotion: Talents
Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Psalm 128:1-2 Good morning Prayer Team! When God passed out talents, no person was missed....
