Category: Blog
The Magical Snowflake
I find it interesting that the topic up for discussion today on the Pastoral Blogging exercise is the Snowflake, because as I sit here and write this it is snow...
The Christmas Tree
Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around the Christmas tree. On Christmas morning my brothers and I would wake up be we could not come out into th...
December 6th St. Nicholas
I love St. Nicholas. I mean you have to love a guy that gives money so people can get out of slavery and also punch a heretic in the face during a Church Counc...
Holy Hieromartyr Grigol Peradze
On any given day on the Church calendar there are a list of saints and feast days. Some are well known and some are not as well known. Grigol Peradze is just ...
Day 21 Gift Giving
There is the old axiom “It is better to give then to receive” but I prefer to receive gifts than to give them, not because I am cheap but because I hate shoppin...
Blogging Day 20 Incense
“Let my prayer rise like incense, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.” Psalm 140:2 These words from Psalm 140 are used during the celebration of...
Handel’s Messiah
One of the things I like best about the Christmas season is the music. Not the modern junk that is out there, although I do like some of the Celtic Christmas m...
Day 18: The Foot
Fr. John is really trying to stretch my imagination with the topic of today, the foot. The foot has to be the ugliest part of the human body, no wonder it is l...
Avoiding Holiday Depression
So the holiday season is upon us. For some this is a time of great excitement and for others this is a time of depression. Maybe they have lost a loved one ov...