Top Blog Posts for July 2011
Each month I do a little review, thanks to Google Analytics, on the top posts for the month. I find it an interesting way to see what y’all are...
Author: Fr. Peter
Chicken Paprikash
On Friday night I was watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network and the show host Guy Fieri was visiting this Diner, I cannot remember where, but...
Met. Jonah: Encyclical on Marriage and the Moral Limits of Human Sexuality
July 28, 2011 Beloved Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ, If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the t...
26 July ~ Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
Our righteous Father Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the m...
Time Off
If you have been following these pages for any length of time you will know that back in January I was appointed Chief Administrative Officer of the Dudley Fire...
The Inventor of the Doughnut
I have begun a little period of rest that I am calling a mini Sabbatical. During this time of rest and refreshment I am also performing a little research on to...
Sermon ~ Not One Dot or Iota will be Changed
The Reading is from Matthew 5:14-19 The Lord said to his disciples, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light ...
18 July ~ St. Enoch/St. Thenew
Many legends but few facts are recorded about Kentigern (d. c. 603/612), who with his mother Thenew is a patron of Glasgow. Thenew was a princess whose father s...
17 July ~ St. Kenelm, Prince of Mercia
Died c. 812-821. According to a popular legend of the Middle Ages, Kenelm was seven when his father, King Kenulf (Coenwulf) of Mercia, died, and he succeeded to...
Evangelism in the Orthodox Church
The single most comprehensive, contemporary lesson in Church growth (specifically, how to evangelize effectively in your parish) can be learned by standing in a...