March for Life
Today, January 22nd, is the Annual March for life in Washington DC. As I write this thousands of pilgrims are descending from all over the United States to joi...
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Making Fun of People
I used to be a fan of talk radio. I would listen constantly to what was going on as I wanted to stay on top of the news and be informed. Then I came to the re...
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...
Downton Abbey ~ Anna and Bates
***SPOILER ALERT*** Like millions of Americans I am absolutely captivated by the PBS period drama Downton Abbey. Now in its 4th season the program follows the ...
Chaplain John Rosbrugh Martyr for the Cause
On the 29th of July 1775 General George Washington authorized clergy to serve with the troops and thus was born the Chaplain Corps of the United States Army. S...
We are asking the Wrong Question
“Theologians today, Orthodox, Catholic and others, want to get out of the confusion, but they do so by the wrong method. They start with the wrong problem...
A Pilgrim’s Way: A Search in Sacred Romania
One of the first books I read on my journey towards Orthodoxy was The Way of the Pilgrim. This is a story of a young man who sets out to find out the meaning o...
Prayer at the First Continental Congress
On September 5, 1774 at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Peyton Randolph of Virginia called into session delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies, Geor...
Did You Not Sin?
In yesterday’s essay I quoted Walter Brueggemann that the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis are the most important in Scripture, well so far that has...
Let us Make Man in our Image
I do not usually make New Year’s resolutions because I never follow through on them. I start of great but in a few shorts weeks it is gone. Well, I hope to ch...