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Sparks Among the Stubble
This podcast archives weekly sermons, classes, and retreats at St. Innocent Orthodox Church in Macon, Georgia. St. Innocent Orthodox Church is a parish in the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America.
Episodes
468 episodes
Daily dying and rising with Christ
As we die and rise daily with Christ, we will be healed, and become less paralyzed by the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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Jesus is King and Lord
The confession that Jesus is King and Lord is a life-changing revelation that should completely reorient our lives, if our words have meaning.
The struggle after a life of sin
St. Mary of Egypt is a great example of repentance and the struggle Christians undertake even after their conversion.
Climbing towards salvation, do not despair
Self-certainty and despair are temptations as we contemplate the Ladder of Divine Ascent.
Bearing or Cross with Christ
Even the smallest "cross" can crush us without God's help.
God is Love: Seeing the World Ascetically, Part 2
This is the second of two talks given by Archpriest Joseph Lucas at our 2026 Lenten retreat. Contemporary society constantly speaks about "love" but does not understand what it means to say that "God is love." Father Joseph Lucas wi...
Prioritizing time in quiet prayer
On the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Theophan speaks about the need for time spent in silent prayer (hesychasm), and how our time alone with God fills us with the grace we need for the pragmatic things of life.
God is Love: Seeing the World Ascetically, Part 1
This is the first of two talks given by Archpriest Joseph Lucas at our 2026 Lenten retreat. Contemporary society constantly speaks about "love" but does not understand what it means to say that "God is love." Father Joseph Lucas wil...
