Food, Faith, and Fasting

With fasting being such a buzz diet, craze right now, Rita Madden helps us to gain some perspective through the teaching... Read more

Rita introduces her new book Food, Faith, and Fasting: A Sacred Journey to Better Health, published by Ancient Faith Pub... Read more

St. John Chrysostom gives us a rule that can help with portion control in the era of Super Size and the Double Big Gulp.... Read more

In this podcast, Rita discusses how fasting can actually lead to healthier food choices. She will also look at a 16-hou... Read more

We know, with Christ, anything is possible! In this podcast we review the importance of not giving up or losing faith wh... Read more

Rita Madden shares St. Gregory of Nyssa's writing on The Lord's Prayer, and provides insight on stress management and ho... Read more

Rita encourages us to enter into the true spirit of the fast as we begin Great Lent.

Rita shares her reflections on a short conversation by two desert fathers on laying new foundations in our lives.

Rita explores the use of modern day medicine and how it lines up with our Holy Orthodox Tradition.

Many meals are eaten in the restaurant setting. This podcast will provide strategies on how to eat in a spiritually mind... Read more

For a variety of reasons, many of us have to eat alone. Rita presents strategies for eating alone in a healthful and sat... Read more

Following the feasts and fasts of the Church cannot only help us care for our own health, but it can also benefit the en... Read more

Rita discusses dedicating a fast to someone to aid us in deepening our prayer for them.

Many times we eat outside the home—be it at work, at a friend’s home, or at a restaurant. This podcast will provide stra... Read more

Eastern Orthodox Christians eat in a very specific way. With all the discussions about the various diets out there, is t... Read more

Rita interviews Cynthia Damaskos about the current research on gluten. Rita and Cynthia are the creators of My Beautifu... Read more

The late Father Thomas Hopko outlines 55 Maxims that provide guidance to aid us in the New Years Resolution of putting C... Read more

What do you do when you are the only one in your home who is fasting? You have become Orthodox and your spouse has not, ... Read more

Rita answers two questions that she have received from listeners: (1) What do you do when someone prepares a meal for yo... Read more

Rita Madden shares some readings from "Meditations for Great Lent" by Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou, and reminds... Read more