Steve the Builder

About Steve the Builder

A layman's view of living the Orthodox Christian Faith.

Publisher

Steve Robinson, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jan 2009

Latest episode

17 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Apr 2025

   The Prayer of St. Ephraim in the Digital Age

   The internet and social media are a permanent part of our lives now. It opens the door to a lot of opportunities for good but are also the key that opens the doors to temptations and our passions. In this Lenten retreat Steve discusses the two parts of the Prayer of St. Ephraim: "Take from me..." and "Rather, give to me..." and how the passions are manifested and the virtues are cultivated on social media.

2. 

   18 Nov 2024

   Orthodox Asceticism in Real Life for Lay-people

   There are always questions about how to keep fasts and prayer rules etc., especially during holidays and with non-Orthodox family, young children, sometimes under difficult life circumstances. Steve discusses a lot of topics pertinent to living ascetical disciplines in "real life": How people became saints for over a thousand years without our current "fasting rules" and no calendar with pink days blocked out. The misperceptions of the history of fasting rules. Why fasting is easier for monks than families. How a four-year-old held an entire monastery hostage for two hours. Who and what do we fast for? How we fast wrong. How to pray during a fast. Is it possible for Impossible Burger to save you? Can phoney baloney make you St. Sophrony? Guilt, shame and fasting. When life itself is a fast. And more.....

3. 

   17 Jan 2021

   How I Am

   Steve learns that he and his ego crucified Christ from a ten year old child.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

6,555,553

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

31 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

7

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

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