Finding the Freedom to Live

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Finding the Freedom to Live (FtFtL) grew out of a desire to help Eastern Orthodox Christians integrate our lives and relationships through a deeper understanding of our Tradition and theology. We focus particularly on intimacy, relationships and sexuality, but our concern is with the whole person.

Andrew Williams and Ancient Faith Radio


    • Aug 28, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    Confessing Who I Am

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2016 10:48


    The fathers tell us it is important to know ourselves, but how many of us can really say that we do? Read the transcript HERE.

    Sexual Sin, Powerlessness, and Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2016 13:37


    How do I deal with toxic shame that seems to close off the avenue back to God. Read the transcript HERE.

    Freedom is a Double-Edged Sword

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2016 9:40


    Andrew says seeking union with anything or anyone outside of God gradually takes away our freedom, takes away our personhood, takes away our ability to be uniquely ourselves. Read the transcript HERE.

    Filling My Emptiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2016 9:17


    In this episode, Andrew says that sex or pornography may be a way for us to try to fill our emptiness, to meet our fear of being alone and unloved. Read the transcript HERE.

    Freedom to Repent: The Nun’s Blood and Adulteress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2016 10:56


    Jesus said “Everyone who practices sin is the slave of sin!” (Jn. 8:34). But we know so long as we live, we live only through God’s dynamic, life-sustaining power active in us. Read the transcript HERE.

    What Is Revealed: Talking About Sexuality and Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2016 9:36


    How talking about anything — including violence and sexuality — can lead to consequences in others’ lives, intentionally and unintentionally. Read the transcript HERE.

    Talking to Children About Pornography

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2016 15:45


    What’s a good time to have such a conversation? Well, it shouldn’t just be a one-off conversation… it should be an ongoing dialogue and discussion. Listen to the podcast and read the transcript HERE.

    Pathways out of Addiction 4: Living in Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 11:14


    St Theophan tells us that “the four weapons of which we have spoken receive their power from the forces and gifts of grace, obtained for us by the blood of Christ.” And the mystery of holy communion “is Christ’s blood itself, and His flesh itself, in which Christ is Himself present as God.” Find the transcript HERE.

    Pathways Out of Addiction: 3- The Four Spiritual Weapons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 15:40


    Today Andrew continues his practical advise for freeing ourselves from addiction by offering St. Theophan's four spiritual weapons for our contimplation . Read the transcript HERE.

    Pathways out of Addiction 2: Engaging the Battle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2016 12:42


    Andrew tells us that will power and relying on ourselves is an ineffective strategy for dealing with addiction to pornography. Read the transcript HERE.

    Pathways Out of Addiction: 1 - How Do We Live?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2016 13:18


    In the next 4 episodes, Andrew gets very practical on ways to find our way out of addiction. Part 1 asks "How Do We Live?" Read a transcript HERE.

    Image and Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 13:08


    We live in a world of broken reality, of mere facts that exist without the truth of love and communion. The holy icon draws us into communion. Pornography cuts us off from communion. Transcript is available HERE.

    Pornography and Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2016 13:28


    The scourge of pornography use in our society is also itself an image — an image that manifests certain unpalatable realities of our culture and relationships. Read a transcript HERE.

    Veneration and Abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2016 18:00


    The holy icon defines for us what an image should be. But pornography is an anti-icon because it breaks the link between the image and the archetype and replaces it with a link between image and fantasy. Read the transcript HERE.

    Masks and Veils

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2016 12:02


    In this episode, Andrew suggests that the mask is our attempt to save and build our own lives, and yet when we put it on, our life is lost. In the same way, the mockery of intimacy in pornography shrinks and deforms us. Read the transcript HERE.

    Imagination and Fantasy: Pornography of the Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2016 14:14


    Andrew reminds us that we can use our creativity in cooperation with God’s creative power or we can use it apart from God. Read the transcript HERE.

    Transforming Desires and Overcoming Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2016 17:30


    In episode 5, Andrew continues to explore the transformation of our desires and how that relates to addiction. Click HERE for a transcript.

    Transforming Desires and Seeing Iconographically

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2016 13:41


    In episode 4, Andrew helps us understand the transformation that takes place when we begin to see iconographically instead of pornographically. The transcript can be accessed HERE.

    Pornography, Unfaithfulness, and Ultimate Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2016 12:10


    Andrew continues from the last episode about unfaithfulness being the characteristic act of immorality by exploring how pornography is a rejection of the ultimate significance of marriage. Read a transcript HERE.

    Why Do I Need Icons? Why Do I Want Porn?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2016 13:32


    That which calls me to embrace the icon and that which calls me to embrace pornography is at root the same thing. Read the transcript HERE.

    Pornography, Iconography, and Idolatry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2016 13:36


    Pornography has become a social, spiritual, and physical epidemic in the world. Andrew's first podcast is part one of a series of conversations which will identify the real issues we must face in dealing with pornography from an Orthodox Christian perspective. This first episode in that series talks about pornography, iconography, and idolatry. A transcript of this episode is available HERE.

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