Today's Gospel reading comes to us from Luke 6:31-36. Jesus says to love our enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing in return. This command from a worldly expectation is impossible. Father Gregory shares insight on how we might work on this commandment. In our Baptism and praying for those who have wronged us we find the Grace of God to love our enemies.
“Greek Orthodox Christian Church - Birmingham, Alabama”
The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies at Brown University. After completing a Master's Degree in the New Testament and early Christianity at Florida State University, he conducted doctoral studies in Greece at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. Ordained in 2007, he served parishes in Thessaloniki and Volos for 9 years. He and his wife Presvytera Pelagia lived in Greece from 2006-2016, where their four children were born. He has served as Assistant Professor of Missiology at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in New York since 2014. Before coming to Birmingham in March 2019, Fr. Gregory served St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey, FL from 2016-2019.
