The problem with political prayer
By Mathew N. Schmalz When New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan accepted a belated invitation to give the blessing at the Democratic National Convention, I wondered w...
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Prayer and Politics
As you may know, if you read these pages often, I sometimes comment on politics. I Tweeted last night that I am a Bipartisan criticizer as I am critical of pol...
Blessed are the Pure in Heart…
… For they shall see God! The title of the article is drawn from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew. The verse is part of what is known as the Beat...
The Parable of the Vineyard ~ Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42 The Lord said this parable, “There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a win...
Encyclical of His All-Holiness for the Church New Year
Prot. No. 718 + BARTHOLOMEW By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome And Ecumenical Patriarch To the Fullness of the Church Grace and Peace fro...
Top Posts for August 2012
Thank you to all of the readers who found these pages. During the month of August more than 2,500 people stopped by to check out what was going on here. Below...
Orthodox at the Republican Convention
His Eminence Methodious, Metropolitan of Boston for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese led the prayer at the end of Wednesday night’s formal session at the Re...
New Missionary Commissioned
As the son of missionaries, Kurt Bringerud heard the call to missions at a young age. His studies and acceptance of the Orthodox faith continued to lead him tow...
Orthodoxy and Evangelism
I have written on this topic before, but I thought it deserved a little more attention in the light of an essay that has recently been written. In the essay, th...