Easter Monday
Collect for Monday in Easter Week Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate withawe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joy...
Tag: Scripture
Scripture Journey for Lent
A Scripture Journey for Lent
Disinterested Charity
Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neigh...
Tips for Cultivating A Habit of Reading Scripture
As we begin the New Year we tend to make all sorts of resolutions that we stick with for a few weeks and then abandon them. This year why not adopt the habit o...
The Pastor’s Aim
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proc...
3 Scripture Reading Suggestions
As a Spiritual Father, I am often asked about a plan to follow for Scripture reading. I am a proponent of daily Scripture reading no matter how much or how lit...
It’s not about the Woman
Tonight we restarted our weekly Bible Study after a break for Easter. We have been working our way through the Gospel of John, one of my favorite books of the ...
Fear not Little Flock
The Gospel passage selected in the lectionary for today is from the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter 12. In the Orthodox Study Bible this passage comes under the hea...
Why Conservative Christians Should Oppose Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
Jonathan Merritt ~ Religion News Service On Sunday night, the long awaited mini-series “The Bible” premiered on the History Channel. Produced by reality TV mogu...
The Good Samaritan
Yesterday was one of those rare occasions where I did not have to preach. One of the many challenges of pastoral ministry, for me anyway, is preaching. Orthodox...