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To Change the World
Read more: To Change the WorldThis is a reprint from the summer of 2007. Some recent meanderings have brought up yet again the subject of “social progress” as a Christian goal. Our cultural metaphor is deeply indebted to 19th century Liberal Protestant theology (Rauschenbusch, et al). I think the utilitarian approach (we need to be “practical”) can be very alluring […]
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Blue Highways
Read more: Blue HighwaysA few years back there was an American travel book called Blue Highways. The title referred to American maps on which the smaller roads are printed in blue, while the major arteries, the Interstate System, are printed in red. The book was about a trip across America on the “blue” highways. It was almost time-travel […]
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The Pilgrim's Way – A Preview
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Mother Alexandra and Her Guardian Angel
Read more: Mother Alexandra and Her Guardian AngelThe following is a short excerpt from Mother Alexandra’s (former Princess Ileana of Romania) small book, The Holy Angels. It is by far the best treatment I have seen on the subject despite its short length. This short account tells of her encounter with her guardian angel at age seven. In the service of Orthodox Baptism, […]
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The Sounds of Silence
Read more: The Sounds of SilenceIt is said that “silence is the language of the world to come.” We are also told that those who are in the grave (sheol) cannot offer praise. Hades is the land of the silent. Thus we have the paradox of the joyful silence of the age to come and sorrowful silence that can say […]
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Engaging Creation-Praise Him and Highly Exalt Him Forever
Read more: Engaging Creation-Praise Him and Highly Exalt Him ForeverWriting on beauty can seem an abstract approach to the created order – except that it draws our attention to see the world in a particular way. It is important, it seems to me, to at least see the world. So much of theology and what passes for religion can be mere intellectual exercise that […]
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May God Bless Your Day
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A Sidebar Addition
Read more: A Sidebar AdditionDespite maintaining a blog site – I confess to being somewhat technology-challenged. Thus my site is not normally an example of the latest design, etc. However, I just learned how to use a piece of blog technology to enhance my sidebar. I have added a “vodpod widget” – meaning there is now a small collection […]
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Why Should Beauty Matter?
Read more: Why Should Beauty Matter?Reflecting on my last two posts, The Nature of Things and Our Salvation and Beauty and the Salvation of the World, I have a question: What is the nature of things such that beauty should matter? It is a commonplace in our culture to think that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” (rendering […]
St. John Chrysostom wrote a commentary on Romans 8:19-21, and other scriptural verses, describing the troubled creation as a worn…