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The Church and the Cross of Christ
Read more: The Church and the Cross of ChristThis series is a reflection of the life of the Cross in the life of the Church. Orthodoxy in the modern world (as well as its past) frequently engages in struggle – not only with the world – but within itself. This is not the failure of an ideal – for the Church is not […]
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The Things We Share
Read more: The Things We ShareModern culture frequently celebrates the freedom we each enjoy – in come cases going so far as to think of human beings as discreet individuals. Of course each of us lives in his/her own body – but even as such – we live in a common world. What I do and how I live affects […]
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The Hard Reality of the Kingdom of God
Read more: The Hard Reality of the Kingdom of GodThere are many things that bring us up against the hard reality of the Kingdom of God. The Gospel given to us by Christ, the verbal icon of the Kingdom, often gives us commands or parables that run radically counter to instinct (as we experience it) and, not infrequently, against reason (or so it seems). […]
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Hiding from God and God’s Hiddenness
Read more: Hiding from God and God’s HiddennessI have written a number of times about the “hiddenness” of God. It is a very important aspect of how He makes Himself known (though I know that is a paradox). His hiddenness both protects our freedom and removes compulsion from our relationship with God. There can be no compulsion where there is love. I […]
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Beyond Pascha
Read more: Beyond PaschaForty days of Great Lent having been completed, along with Holy Week, and the Great Feast of Feasts, Pascha, having been marked in the Church, it is very easy to take a deep breath and say, “Now, that’s done!.” And with the exhalation we take our leave of a liturgical feast and return to our […]
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Christos Voskrese!
Read more: Christos Voskrese!A wonderful Pascha song from Serbia! [vodpod id=Video.1632733&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Easter orthodox song_Hristos voskrese, posted with vodpod Translation: People rejoice, nations hear: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Stars dance, mountains sing: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Forests murmur, winds hum: Christ is risen, and brings the joy! Seas bow*, animals roar: Christ is […]
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15th Antiphon of Holy Friday Matins – Sung by Archbishop Job
Read more: 15th Antiphon of Holy Friday Matins – Sung by Archbishop JobThis is a wonderful video of the late Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest. May his memory be eternal! [vodpod id=Video.3070600&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “The 15th Antiphon Sung by Archbishop …“, posted with vodpod
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Saved in Weakness
Read more: Saved in WeaknessIt is counter-intuitive that God saves man through His own weakness. The irony of the Divine Reversal has provided endless material for the hymnographers of the Church through the centuries: the Strong becomes weak; the Sinless takes on our sin; the Rich becomes poor; God becomes man – the whole of the gospel seems to […]
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On Pascha – Melito of Sardis
Read more: On Pascha – Melito of SardisAmong the most powerful meditations on Pascha is found in the writings of Melito of Sardis (ca. 190 AD). His writing On Pascha is both a work of genius as poetry and a powerful work of theology. Its subject is the Lord’s Pascha – particularly as an interpretation of the Old Testament. His writing is […]
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