Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
One of the classes I wish they taught us in the seminary was a course on leadership. Unlike some of my classmates in the seminary, I have had an advantage of studying leadership. You see I spent twelve and half…
I have been involved in some pretty interesting conversations over the last few weeks that all involve our culture, or society, and where it is headed. There seems to be a call for the Church to update itself to keep…
Yesterday, on the Orthodox calendar, was the commemoration of All Saints. This is the day set aside to commemorate all of those people whom God has chosen as saints. I was reminded that we humans do not make saints, God…
The sixth Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pascha is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Blind Man. The day commemorates the miracle of Christ healing the man who was blind since birth. The biblical story…
On Tuesday, here at the Church, was the second night of the weekly Bible Study. We are working our way through the Letter of St. James and wonderful letter that has been all but forgotten by some. In the very…
This comes from a Protestant Source but I think there is much here that we Orthodox can learn from. Based on statistics I have seen all Churches, regardless of denomination are in decline, so what can we do? I have…
“The church must have no political means of exercising an influence on those in authority. The church ‘loses public confidence’ if it becomes a political player. The church only has one way to influence the powerful and the powerless, the…
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As survivors begin to piece back their lives in the New Zealand city of Christchurch following a 6.3 magnitude quake that struck on February 22, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of New Zealand has initiated efforts to…
I believe wholeheartedly in the right to practice ones religion and the right of free speech but the folks at the Westboro Baptist Church have gone too far. They are planning to protest at the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards because…
Last night we held our monthly Community Meal here at the Church. Each month we offer a meal to people in the Community from all walks of life. We have been doing this now for a little over a year…