Stephen Muse Knihy

In the graceful encounter of theology and psychology, Fr. Stephen Muse guides us, weaving through his personal narrative, an opus of Orthodox tradition. His testimony witnesses of Christ’s glory, attests to the luminous lives of the saints, echoed through the centuries. In rhapsodic chapters, Fr. Stephen pours out his soul, searching for Christ amidst the static of our postmodern culture. His sentences flow like a river, coursing through the narrative, from one Christological feast to another, from the Nativity and Epiphany’s hidden revelations, through the crucible of Gethsemane and the Cross, to the Resurrection’s surprising dawn, as he accompanies the Myrrh Bearing women and other witnesses of the Church. Fr. Stephen implores us to approach Christ with questions, akin to Luke and Cleopas on their journey to Emmaus, seeking answers not in stark revelation, but in the shared meal’s eucharistic reciprocity of love. English Number of 2024, softcover

Being Bread is a book of 25 short anecdotes designed for thoughtful pondering. It is a book to be savored slowly, bringing us to where we are by realizing the depth of encounter with Christ that is possible in the overlooked ordinary events of our lives. Dn. Stephen offers a deep message for those who are seeking spiritual renewal and a deeper walk in Christ beyond the rote and automatic.

Whatever else he or she does, the pastoral counselor, same as the priest at the Divine Altar, enters into a call and response relationship, invoking Gods presence and seeking to be receptive to Gods activity unfolding in the here and now. The intention of pastoral counseling must be to offer Christ to the other (and receive Him) while serving at the altar of the human heart.

"In the following pages, Fr. Stephen Muse provides us, not with a manual of prayer, but with an opening into the life of prayer by unveiling for us the mystery of embodied life and the uncreated divine life. He provides an entranceway for us, as human beings with all our brokenness, weakness and fear, to dialogue with the uncreated life and light of God through prayer. Everything in this wonderful book provides the reader with an opportunity to learn what it means to truly breathe prayer and invites us to begin and continue the journey of seeking to draw closer to our Lord Jesus Christ with every breath. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada."

Amim, what happened to your nose? Where are your mouth and ears? Where did your fingers and hair go? Amim is a strange and beautiful story with a universal message about the uniqueness of each human being, the hunger for love, and how painful is the fear of rejection. A refugee far from his country, among strangers, a child like any other, seeking acceptance and willing to pay any price for friendship until In his search for the OTHER he finally finds a way to be HIMSELF!