Sunday Before Theophany A call from the desert comes saying, “Make way for the Lord.” Our inclination is to hear this as the historical beginning of John’s story, how he baptized Jesus. But, when we do this, we miss so
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A Desert World
Entering the Promised Land
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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Lately my time has been taken up by a capital campaign to rebuild the church I pastor, St. Elias Orthodox Church. About a year ago we discovered that three of the four trusses that hold up our building’s roof had
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