Matthew Gallatin, Author of Thirsting for God, and Pilgrims from Paradise podcast

Home

About this Ministry

How to Become a Partner in This Ministry

Matthew’s Bio

Speaking Engagements

Topics for Lectures, Retreats, Seminars

About Eastern Orthodoxy

Books

Pilgrims from Paradise

Holy Myrrhbearers

Links

Upcoming

Events

Orthodox Speakers Bureau

Upcoming Events

Matthew’s calendar is completely open until September. If you’d like to have him visit your community to speak--this summer, or any time--click here.

Hello Friends,                                                                                                       July 2010

First of all, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all who have offered their condolences and their prayers at the repose of my mother. My Mama was a hero to me--a rock of support, a fervent intercessor, a voice of comfort in every dark night.

She was the last of my forebears to pass. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles--all of them are gone now. All at once, I find myself the dividing line between my departed ancestors and my living progeny.

This sobers me. It certainly makes me look at my children and grandchildren differently. The reality of death is brought into sharp relief. Yet standing here, having become the temporal anchor of my lineage, I am just as vividly reminded that there is no finality in death. Death, St. Paul reminds us, has been “swallowed up” in Christ’s victory over it. As a result, the veil that separates me from my Mama and Daddy, my grandparents, and all who have come before me, is a very thin one, indeed.

One day, that veil will disappear entirely. Then we shall see not only our departed loved ones. We shall see the face of Christ. The One who gives life to all--to the righteous and the sinner, to those dwelling in Paradise, in Hades, and on the earth--will rise in His goodness before us.   Will His arising bring eternal joy to me, or everlasting fear? This is the question that must be answered by each of us while we walk in the land of the living.

Let us so live that when we pass beyond this temporary mortality, we may enter into eternal, intimate union with God, and with all who have come before us.

In Christ’s love,
Matthew

What’s the News?

A Personal Message from Matthew

Pilgrims From Paradise Podcasts

Personal stories, doctrine and apologetics, in-depth Bible studies, responses to listener questions--Matthew’s weekly podcasts touch on every aspect of the Orthodox Christian life. Tune in by clicking the Ancient Faith Radio logo.

Matthew Gallatin now a member of the Orthodox Speakers Bureau!

Matthew’s speaking engagements are now being handled through the Orthodox Speakers Bureau. This important ministry represents some of most popular Orthodox speakers today: Frederica Mathewes-Green, Terry Mattingly, Fr. Joseph Honeycutt, Fr. John Peck, Scott Cairns, John Granger, Molly Sabourin, and others.

To peruse Matthew’s page at the Speakers Bureau, or to book him for a speaking event, visit the Speakers Bureau at www.orthodoxspeakers.com.

We’re here at last!

Thanks to all for your prayers! We’re now living just south of Bonners in Sandpoint, Idaho. We look forward to the work God has for us here, both in Bonners Ferry and in Sandpoint.

If you’re looking to relocate somewhere quiet and out of the way, with a small but dynamic family of Orthodox believers, consider Bonners Ferry. Check out the Holy Myrrhbearers web site for more information.

--Matthew and Alice

Beautiful

Bonners Ferry, Idaho

An Urgent Letter from Father Gregory Horton
regarding Matthew Gallatin Ministries

Matthew is currently at a momentous and difficult crossroads in his ministry. If Thirsting for God, Pilgrims from Paradise, Matthew’s speaking ministry, or his personal correspondence has played a part in your life with God, please click here to read this important message.

Ministry Donations Now Through the Secure Channels of PayPal

Now a simple click of a button can help this ministry to continue. PayPal is an easy and safe way to donate. It also provides you a record of your tax-deductible contributions.

Just click here:

Food for the Soul:

“While we are seeking in our imagination, in our heart, in our experience, for that God we have known up till now, we will pass by that God who at that very moment is opening up to us, and we will not recognize Him. We may even possibly dodge past Him because that God may appear not to resemble the God towards whom we were moving, whom we expected, whom we long for in our hearts.” from Encounter, by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Looking eastward from Holy Myrrhbearers Church. This was taken on Pascha. (We had a very mild winter this year. The first of April last year, we still had 3 feet of snow on the ground!)

More Pictures of the Bonners Ferry Area

This is the westward view from the church, also taken on Pascha. These peaks in the Selkirk Range are about 7,500 feet.

Scene from Agape Vespers

procession--looking southward

from the church.

Welcome!
to the Internet home of one of American Orthodoxy’s most popular writers, speakers, and teachers