One of the questions I’m asked most often these days is, “How do you like the new place?” “It’s good to have a home; our own ‘Promised Land’,” I tell them, “but our work is just beginning!”
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Pentecost: the Birth of the Church?
What do you say when someone starts singing “Happy Birthday” to the Church on Pentecost? Not so fast…
Read moreCompleting Pascha with Pentecost
This Sunday, we’ll be celebrating one of the Great Feasts of the Church, Pentecost. Most Christians know this feast as the celebration of the Holy Spirit. However, not many of us know of the connection to the Old Testament Feast
Read moreDeacons and Iconography
A friend sent me a photo of an icon he recently bought. It was an icon of St. Stephen, an early deacon in the Church. I recognized some of the attributes that marked him out as a deacon, but not
Read moreInheriting Eternal Life!
Being a Good Person When I’m out-and-about, and people find out that I’m a priest, they often tell me that they are “spiritual” but don’t, necessarily, believe in organized “religion.” Sometimes, people will tell me that they find God in
Read morePutting on Christ
Christ is risen! Now that Great Lent is over, I have the pleasure of greeting all my readers with “Christ is risen!” I also have more time to return to normal activity on this site. Traditionally, in the Orthodox Church,
Read moreOur Sports Season Has Arrived!
If the Orthodox Church were a sports team (or a ballet or musical group!), we would say that we’ve entered into our season!
Read moreJourney Through Mark, part 11
Become the ‘greatest’ by becoming a servant. Or, you can tie a millstone around your neck…
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It’s one thing to confess Jesus is the Messiah, but another to understand what that means. If we don’t get it, we might as well see trees walking around…
Read moreJourney Through Mark, part 9
The Disciples of Jesus’s day thought the Good News was for them and their people…but then something strange starts to happen. Jesus has compassion on those foreign Gentile dogs…
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