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Know God or No God
Read more: Know God or No GodThe task for Orthodox Christians throughout Great Lent and at all times is quite simple and straightforward: know God.
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A Word on Comments
Read more: A Word on CommentsI have a task and a purpose in maintaining this blog. It is free and a work of love and an offering to God. It provides a place to write about the Orthodox faith. It also provides a place for reasonable discussion of the topic at hand. By the same token, it is not a […]
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Why We Fast
Read more: Why We FastFasting is not very alive and well in the Christian world. Much of that world has long lost any living connection with the historical memory of Christian fasting. It is as though they were Jews who heard there was such a thing as kosher and decided to make up the rules for what to eat […]
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Fasting – Prayers by the Lake – XLI
Read more: Fasting – Prayers by the Lake – XLIBy St. Nikolai Velimirovich XLI With fasting I gladden my hope in You, my Lord, Who are to come again. Fasting hastens my preparation for Your coming, the sole expectation of my days and nights. Fasting makes my body thinner, so that what remains can more easily shine with the spirit. While waiting for You, I […]
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The Difficulty of Lent
Read more: The Difficulty of LentMany of our readers come from communities who use the Western calendar, on which today is the first day of Great Lent, Ash Wednesday. Orthodox Lent begins on at sundown this Sunday. This short reflection may be of help for us all. Great Lent is one of the most important spiritual undertakings in the course […]
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Orthodoxy Where You Live
Read more: Orthodoxy Where You LiveI live in East Tennessee. It is an area of the nation famous for Davy Crockett (his descendants are still here). It is the place where bluegrass music originated. It was settled by Protestants – mostly Scots-Irish – which means Protestant Scots who had once lived in Scotland. It is a land of the Cherokee, […]
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Standing on the Edge
Read more: Standing on the EdgeOne of the peculiar marks of life in the modern world is the sense one has of standing on the edge. We are always (it seems) either standing on the edge of disaster or on the edge of some great discovery. Of course, a lot of this is simply the way we market the world […]
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Simple Suggestions for Orthodox Study of Scripture
Read more: Simple Suggestions for Orthodox Study of ScriptureSaint Isaac the Syrian writes, “Very often many things are said by the Holy Scriptures and in it many names are used not in a literal sense… those who have a mind understand this” (Homily 83, p. 317). +++ The Holy Scriptures are indeed edifying for the Christian life – particularly as they are read […]
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Scripture and the Church
Read more: Scripture and the ChurchI have written several posts lately on Holy Scripture – reading comments tells me that there is a point that needs to be underlined that I have neglected to some extent – the relationship between Scripture and Church. Much of the modern world is today the product of Protestant cultures – or cultures in which […]
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St. Silouan on the Love of God
Read more: St. Silouan on the Love of GodI cannot remain silent concerning the people, whom I love so greatly that I must weep for them. I cannot remain silent because my soul ever grieves for the people of God, and I pray for them with tears. I cannot refrain from making known to you, brethren, the mercy of God and the wiles […]
Janine, Scripture tells us that He is gathering together in one, all things in Christ Jesus. That is the reality…