Town Election, Birthday, and off to Chicago
Yesterday was the Annual Town Election in Southbridge. I was not surprised to see the low turnout, about 1,700 out of a population of some 17,000. I guess peopl...
Tag: Ramblings
Small Town Politics
I do not often make comments on this blog about the political happenings in the Village but I fell compelled to speak up about this one. Earlier this year the S...
Free Speech
A recent story on CNN.com outlines a problem in the Massachusetts town of Walpole. It would seem that a resident, whose property is located next to the high sch...
On Contemplation
If we try to contemplate God without having turned the face of our inner self entirely in his direction, we will end up inevitably by contemplating ourselves, a...
Deleted Post
As you can see, or not, I have removed a post from this blog. This is the first time I have done this since I started this blog. It has caused people to spew ha...
Just for Fun
h/t Byzantine Texas
Faithfulness
This is my entry in the twice monthly One Word at a Time Blog Carnival. This time around the word is Faithfulness. Thanks to the coordinators of this Carnival i...
Shameless Self Promotion
Each day I check the sitemeter to see who is visiting this blog and what brings them in. I am always amazed that there are actually people reading this and that...
Another Christmas Hating Town in Massachusetts
Well it seems the Grinch is not quite finished with Massachusetts yet. One of the local television news stations is reporting that in the Town of Holliston, Mas...
We Must Preach the Truth
As most of you know I am a priest in the Orthodox Christian Church. The Orthodox Church is a Church rich in beauty in her Liturgical practices and a Church rich...