Maxim #7, Part 4: Moderation
Everything in moderation! We have heard that many times...usually as an antidote to strict diet suggestions. But by distilling temperance down to this singular phrase lacking a context, it loses its usefulness. It strips it of its rich meaning.
Maxim #7, Part 3: What good food is not
In Part 2, we explored many ways in which God’s gift of food can be a source of goodness in our life. So, if there exists “good food,” as Fr. Hopko pens in his maxim, is there “bad food?”
Maxim #7, Part 2: Good Food
What is “good” food?
No really, take a moment, and think of food you ate recently that was good. What made it so?
I think scripture hides a hint.
Start your journey
Your journey in bodily health does not have to be a separate path from acquiring a healthy soul. To quote St. Gregory Palamas, “Man as God’s image is body and soul, and they interact and ascend toward God.” The two paths actually intertwine and support each other quite beautifully.