Visiting Scholar
The faculty at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts has voted to grant me Visiting Scholar Status for the 2008-2009 academic year. This is ...
Tag: Theology
Gustav Part II
So my post yesterday on Gustav brought in a comment that I did not let through. I thought only informed intelligent people read my blog I guess the puny brains ...
9th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:22-34 At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds...
Saved?
For a few weeks now I have been picking away at the book A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren. Just so you know it has nothing to do with the Orthodox Church. ...
St. John Chrysostom on Holy Communion
“Let us not, I beg you, slay ourselves by our irreverence, but with awe and purity draw near to it; and when you see it set before you, say to yourself: ‘Becaus...
When We Fast
I have just finished an essay called When We Fast… In this little essay I take up the topic of not ow to fast but why we fast. I have saved it as a pdf ra...
Same Sex Marriage
A few months back I wrote a entry about same sex unions in the US and I mentioned that the bishops of the Orthodox Church have been silent on the issue. Well, I...
Orthodox bishop shares Communion with Catholics
Timisoara , May. 27, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A Romanian Orthodox bishop has shared Communion with Catholics, causing a sensation in a country where Byzantine ...
Suicide
If you have been following me on Twitter then you know I have been watching the West Wing the last few days. I love this show and when there is nothing on the t...
Saturday of Lazarus
Yesterday on the Church Calendar was the Saturday of St. Lazarus. On this day we recall Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Had a good turnout in church in par...