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Almost Christian
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Video Games
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Twilight Saga
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Online Exclusive Interview
Parenting through financial hardships
Faith - a policy we can all support! Have you seen our new video? Click here to learn more about our theme for the month of October and watch our new video. Are you a fan of the Orthodox Christian Network? Then please share our Come Receive the Light page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, +Google, and Linked In. A world in crisis needs to find its way to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Facing Unemployment
Faith - a policy we can all support! Have you seen our new video? Click here to learn more about our theme for the month of October and watch our new video. Are you a fan of the Orthodox Christian Network? Then please share our Come Receive the Light page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, +Google, and Linked In. A world in crisis needs to find its way to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Having a Thriving Marriage on a Budget
Faith - a policy we can all support! Have you seen our new video? Click here to learn more about our theme for the month of October and watch our new video. Are you a fan of the Orthodox Christian Network? Then please share our Come Receive the Light page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, +Google, and Linked In. A world in crisis needs to find its way to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Suicide - Understanding this Hopeless Act
Faith - a policy we can all support! Have you seen our new video? Click here to learn more about our theme for the month of October and watch our new video. Are you a fan of the Orthodox Christian Network? Then please share our Come Receive the Light page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, +Google, and Linked In. A world in crisis needs to find its way to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faith a policy we can all support
Are you a fan of the Orthodox Christian Network? Then please share our Come Receive the Light page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, +Google, and Linked In. A world in crisis needs to find its way to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Anxiety & Unemployment - October 2011
Dear Blessed People of God, This month OCN kicks off a new series of programming that we hope you will find enjoyable, informative, and above all, inspiring. The first month will cover issues that refer to one of the most important concerns facing people today throughout the world according to recent studies. Morality and Popular Culture - November 2011
Is there a difference between being “good” and being “moral”? Popular culture seems to cast a wide net on what it means to be a “good person.” It goes a step further by suggesting that some things we as Orthodox consider to be unhealthy are actually what make a person “normal”. Popular culture also insists that a person needs certain character traits in order to be a “good person” that maybe conflict with what Orthodox believe are good traits. So this is the topic we are going to cover this month. God has sanctified us with the the TRUTH but how many of us understand this? The True Light of Christmas - December 2011
Santa Claus is coming to town...Merry Christmas..Happy Holidays...Christ is Born! So just what are we supposed to say when we greet someone this season? |
One study after another tells us that our youth are drifting away from religious traditions, but what can we do to reverse the trend? First, we’ll hear from Kenda Creasy Dean, Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. What does it mean to be Almost Christian, the title of her new book? Make sure you listen to this important interview. Click 
This past June, on the very last day of its 2011 term, the US Supreme Court ruled that minors have a right to purchase video games that include graphic violence. Fr. Demetrios Tonias shares his thoughts on what this means for youth and parents. But first, do you feel the holiday blues starting to creep up on you? Dr. Randa Anderson, a licensed clinical psychologist and practicing Orthodox Christian, offers some tips for staying merry right on through Christmas!
Launching this month's theme on morality and popular culture, we'll be looking at the popular Twilight Saga with Fr. Frank Marangos and asking about the relationship between the Church and secular media trends. Plus, we'll feature an online-exclusive interview with author and artist Michael O'Brien, who shares his thoughts on what the popularity of this series tells us about our contemporary morality. 
This week on CRTL, we'll hear from Theodora Polamalu, wife of Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburg Steelers, about a new FOCUS campaign called Tackle Poverty. But first, financial hardships can affect every area of our life - including our parenting! Join Allena Barbato, an Orthodox psychologist who is also a certified parenting instructor, as she offers practical suggestions about how to keep your family on track even when money is tight.
This week on CRTL, we delve deeper into the personal side of the current economic crisis. We'll begin with Anastasia Carol Kruse, an Orthodox Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in career counseling, about how we can become empowered by unemployment. Next, we'll hear from Erik Bohlin, another Orthodox believer and nationally certified counselor about common identity and emotional questions that people who are unemployed face.
When we think about the current economy, our minds usually jump to bank accounts and the stock market. But how does financial uncertainty impact our personal relationships? Dr. Albert Rossi explores the communication problems, identity issues and resentments that can arise between married couples during tight times. Plus, some people have been more affected by this crisis than others. Julia DeMaree of Emmaus House in Harlem talks about that important homeless ministry and why it needs your help now! To learn more about Emmaus House visit, 
This week we’ll hear from Dr. David Brattston, a man whose articles on suicide have been published by nearly every Christian denomination. He’ll help us understand what drives people to this desperate act of hopelessness, offer suggestions on what we can say to people who are thinking of suicide and also weigh in on the topic of assisted suicide. To learn more, read these articles: 
This week on CRTL, we begin our month-long look at anxiety and unemployment by speaking with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios on trusting in God not headlines. Faith - a policy we can all support! Have you seen our new video? Click 
From the desk of Father Chris Metropulos, Executive Director of the Orthodox Christian Network