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A New North American Saint
Read more: A New North American SaintThe Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America has proclaimed the Righteous Matushka Olga Nicholai of Kwethluk, known by the pious peoples of the Kuskokwim as Arrsamquq, as a saint of the Orthodox Church. This has been long-awaited by the faithful of the Church. In 2016, I had the blessing of meeting her grand-daughter, who […]
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Three Score Years and Ten
Read more: Three Score Years and TenThe days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psalm 90:10) On Thursday this week (November 9), I mark my three-score-years-and-ten as I celebrate my 70th birthday. […]
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Are You Like Him?
Read more: Are You Like Him?Years ago when I was in seminary, I served a small mission in Chicago. The priest was something of a mentor for me during that time. There was a young girl in the congregation, between two and three years-old. She was convinced that the priest was Jesus. (Well, he was wearing a white robe and […]
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Memory Eternal – David Waite
Read more: Memory Eternal – David WaiteAmong our community of commenters, a regular was David Waite. He was a member of my parish here in East Tennessee, a member of the choir, and a retired lawyer. I think of him as one of the “great souls” whom I have known. He was an advocate and friend of the poor, who were […]
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Care for the Soul
Read more: Care for the SoulThis article first appeared in 2015. It seems very apropos to our present moment. Glory to God for all things. I do not understand Zombies. When I was a child, Zombie movies were virtually non-existent. The word referred to something like a Golem in Jewish thought – a creature without a soul. It is properly […]
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Alone – You Are Not
Read more: Alone – You Are Not“Alone – You Are Not” This is not a quote from Yoda. It is a simple statement concerning the nature of our existence. The fullness of existence is only found in communion, a mutual indwelling in which our lives are known and experienced not just in their self-contained form, but in their Interrelation to others […]
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Following a Conversation with a Tree
Read more: Following a Conversation with a Tree“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,while we do not look at the things which are seen, […]
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The Despair of Modernity – It Might Not Be All Bad
Read more: The Despair of Modernity – It Might Not Be All BadIt is a commonplace in the Fathers to describe despair or sadness as the result of failing to get what we want. It sounds quite simple, but it cuts to the very heart of our sadness. There is a melancholy of our age that is born from the expectations of modernity. The mantra of progress […]
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The God Claws – The Therapeutic Work of the Holy Spirit
Read more: The God Claws – The Therapeutic Work of the Holy SpiritIn a graphic scene of redemption, CS Lewis depicts a young boy who has unfortunately been turned into a dragon. The boy (Eustace) is largely at fault in this transformation – something which brings his life to a miserable and seemingly unsolvable conclusion. He is, however, confronted by God in the figure of Aslan, the […]
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The Sweetest Name of Jesus
Read more: The Sweetest Name of JesusSome years back, I was given instruction on saying the “Jesus Prayer” by Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex. We spoke about the form of the prayer, and the pace it should be prayed. But it was his final instruction that touched my heart: “Pay particular attention to the Name when you pray it.” It is, after […]
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