Weak Strength

Sunday After the Nativity In our world today, what happens when two (super)powers oppose each other? If recent history gives us a clue, it’s war. In our collective lifetimes, we’ve lived through WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,

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Three for the Price of One

Take a look at this icon. On the surface, it looks like a Theophany icon, but it’s so much more. How many other feasts can you see?

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Prophecies, Oracles, and Rituals: Oh, My! AKA, the Christmas Sermon.

The reason for the season is actually quite strange… (click to read more)

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Christ’s Cave of Wonders!

Back by popular demand (from December 2015)! Was Christ born in the western manger or the eastern cave? Click below to dip deeper into the birth of Jesus!

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Christmas Before Jesus’ Birth

Did Jews celebrate Christmas before Jesus was born? I think they did! (Click below to read)

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WHEN THE VIRGIN WAS ON FIRE!

The Christmas hymns talk about the Three Youths in the fiery furnace, but what does that story have to do with Christmas? How does it illuminate the Mystery of God becoming man? Let’s find out!

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THE ESSENTIAL CAVE, OR WHY THE STABLE MAY BE HERETICAL?

Right now in America there’s a cultural war happening. One battlefield is the Feast of the Nativity – commonly called Christmas. Slogans such as, “Keep ‘Christ’ is Christmas,” or “Keep the ‘Mass’ in Christmas” permeate social media. However, has the

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