Making a Difference
I will admit it, I like movies. However, I have never been one to watch a movie and then think seriously about it. I can remember in my college days, we used to go to the movies about once a…
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Tag Social Action
Orthodox Christian Leaders Discuss Social Outreach At White House Conference
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — More than 80 representatives of the nation’s Orthodox Christian service organizations joined together at the White House today to discuss strategic service alliances with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The White House…
Religion and Politics
I have written before about the unprecedented attack from this White House on the religious freedom in America. The Orthodox Bishops in America released a 225 word statement released on February 2, 2012, without signatures of any of the bishops, and that…
SOPA ~ Stop Online Piracy Act
Today many of the large sites on the internet have gone dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act presently working its way through Congress. I am all for the protection of intellectual property but in my mind this…
Petition for the Release of Archimandrite Ephraim
A petition has been started for the release of the Archimandrite Ephraim from prison in Greece. For background on this case click this link. I have printed the petition below and if you wish to add your name, as I did…
Fr. Nathan Monk
From Facebook If you are a longtime reader of these pages you know that we at St. Michael (the I presently serve) have been providing a twice a month meal for the Community here in Southbridge. I am always interested…
Push out into the Deep
The Gospel reading for Sunday came from the 5th chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke. This is the story of Jesus going out to fish with His soon to be Apostles. After teaching the people Jesus calls to Peter…
FOCUS North America
This weekend I am hosting Fr. Justin Matthews, Executive Director of FOCUS North America. FOCUS is Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve, the Social Action ministry of the American Orthodox Church. FOCUS is a very young organization, only about…