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The Peace of God – St. Silouan
Read more: The Peace of God – St. SilouanThe following small quotation is from the book Wisdom from Mount Athos: the Writings of Staretz Silouan 1866-1938 +++ We must always pray the Lord for peace of soul that we may the more easily fulfil the Lord’s commandments; for the Lord loves those who strive to do His will, and thus they attain profound […]
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The Beatitudes – Sung by the Monks of Valaam Monastery
Read more: The Beatitudes – Sung by the Monks of Valaam Monastery
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Turning Points
Read more: Turning PointsOn February 15, 1998, on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, my family and I were received into the Orthodox Church by Chrismation, bringing both the end to a very long pilgrimage, and the beginning to one far longer. It is significant to myself and my family, that this year the calendar has come back […]
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Our Common Life
Read more: Our Common LifeI have long been intrigued with the notion of our common responsibility, or rather, that I am responsible for the sins of the whole world. I think I first came across the notion in a quote from the Elder Zossima in The Brothers Karamazov. And even there, Dostoevsky was only putting on the lips of […]
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Safely in Florida
Read more: Safely in FloridaIt seems ironic to report that I am safely in Florida, following so closely on a post concerning Science Fiction and the Orthodox Church. Florida, of course, has been the launching site for most American space research. I also find it interesting that my article on Science Fiction and the Church, which touched tangentially on […]
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Travels
Read more: TravelsI will be in Jacksonville, FL for most of next week, attending a clergy conference and retreat (with Met. Jonah). I can never tell on these things how much time there will be for blogging. Sometimes plenty – sometimes hardly any at all. I ask your prayers and your patience. I’ll be back at things […]
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Orthodoxy and Science Fiction
Read more: Orthodoxy and Science FictionIf you are 55 or younger (as a guestimate), then you have grown up in an age in which science fiction has been a major genre of the culture (whether as writing or movies, television, etc.). I began reading some science fiction as a teenager and quite a bit when I was a college student. […]
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Dreams and Reality – Prayers by the Lake XXXI
Read more: Dreams and Reality – Prayers by the Lake XXXIThe following poem is from St. Nikolai’s (Velimirovich) Prayers by the Lake. The only true Reality is God and only in Him do we find ourselves to be real. +++ You pour out light over the darkness, Lord, and colors and shapes emerge. You bend Your face over the abyss, whose name is Nothingness, and […]
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Living in the Un-holy Land
Read more: Living in the Un-holy LandGenerally, our language reserves the word “unholy” to mean something evil or positively wicked (now there’s an oxymoron). Of course we also live in a culture where not much, or nothing at all, is considered holy. We think we live in a neutral zone – a place that is merely secular. Of course, the modern […]
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The Desert and the Struggle in a Flat Land
Read more: The Desert and the Struggle in a Flat LandOriginally posted in August of 2007 as part of the One-Storey Universe Series One of the best-known sayings to have come from the Desert Fathers is: “Stay in your cell and your cell will teach you everything.” To a large degree the saying extols the virtue of stability. Moving from place to place never removes […]
Janine, Scripture tells us that He is gathering together in one, all things in Christ Jesus. That is the reality…