Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA and USCCB issue Joint Statement
Joint Statement Celebrating the Meeting of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis Fifty years ago, in January 1964, two great Christian leaders met i...
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Racism And Professional Sports
This past week the news was all abuzz over comments made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers Donald Sterling. Leaving aside the fact that the conversation...
Sunday Links Roundup
Here is the Sunday Links Roundup of some things I have been reading this week. Worcester Revolution of 1774 ~ Timothy Ruggles Interpretation Massachusetts Socie...
Top Posts of the Past Week
Here is a list of the Top Posts of this past week here at Shepherd of Souls. Diminishing Job Prospects for Protestant Pastors Heartland ~ A Review Alexander Wal...
Bishop seeks intl protection of Orthodox community in Ukraine
Moscow, May 7, Interfax – A senior bishop has appealed to the international community and the Ukrainian government to protect the Ukrainian Orthodox commu...
Our Great National Evil
“Our greatest central national evil, is a want of respect and reverence for man as man, as a being created in the likeness and image of God. It is the denial o...
Southbridge in the Civil War 1863-64
This is the third is a series of essays on the role of the Town of Southbridge in the Civil War. As the war continued the amount of involvement of the local le...
What Gifts do we Bring A Sermon on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers
What Gifts do we Bring? Each of the Sunday’s following the Resurrection is dedicated to various people changed by Jesus. Last week we witnessed the doubt and t...
Sunday Links Roundup
Here is a list of some things I have been reading this week. The Way of Improvement Leads Home ~ Next Up: A History of the American Bible Society Worcester Revo...
Diminishing Job Prospects for Protestant Pastors
The Public Television Program Religion and Ethics Weekly, has a program this week concerning the diminishing job prospects for Protestant pastors. I would add ...