Glory to God For All Things

July 29, 2007

Music and Scenes from Georgia (the Old One)

I think of our young Church member who is living and working in Georgia this summer and pray he has such beauty around him many times. The richness of the Orthodox faith has such a depth that very little has been seen in the outside Western world. Enjoy the day.
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Music, Orthodox Christianity, Prayer, The Church
July 29, 2007

Reading and Being Read

There is one experience (at least) of reading Scripture, there is another altogether different of being “read by Scripture.” Both are quite valid but very different things. Reading Scripture is, of course, something we do all the time – perhaps so much so that we rarely stop to think about what we are doing. It […]
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Icons, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity, Scripture
July 28, 2007

Why We Don’t Believe In God

A note: This article has been described by someone on a blog reference site as a description of why atheists don’t believe in God. Apparently they haven’t read the article. Throughout I use the pronoun “we” because I am not talking about non-believers, per se, but about both believers and unbelievers. I have not spared myself […]
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atheism, Conversion, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity, The Journey of Faith
July 27, 2007

Let the Righteous Rejoice

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Music, Orthodox Blogs
July 27, 2007

Why I Believe in God – Part 2

In my earlier posting I wrote primarily about my personal journey as a Christian and why I am a believer rather than an atheist. In the course of my life I do not think atheism would have ever been a possible way to live – the questions of my life and heart would have been […]
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atheism, Conversion, Culture, Dostoevsky, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity
July 27, 2007

To Depart in Peace

My prayer for all today is that wherever you go you may arrive and depart in peace, your eyes “having seen the Savior.” I offer this short video as a prayer. The music if the Nunc Dimittis from Rachmaninov’s Vespers.
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Icons, Music, Orthodox Blogs, Prayer
July 26, 2007

Why Do I Believe in God?

I am always interested in the posts that come to my site from self-professed atheists. They tend to live in a world far-removed from the one I inhabit (surrounded as I am with religious services and the whole culture of the Church). I never satisfy the questions posed (which usually demand rationalist answers, that, though […]
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atheism, Conversion, Icons, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity, The Journey of Faith
July 25, 2007

What An Icon Says

According to the Seventh Ecumenical Council, “An icon does with color what the Scriptures do with words.” It is a very simple, straightforward explanation of icons – but it holds within it a world of theological understanding. This morning I had opportunity with a visitor of the Church to fall into conversation about the Scriptures. […]
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Icons, Orthodox Christianity, Scripture, Tradition
July 24, 2007

Leaving the Secular Life – Part 2

It is one thing to describe the cultural mix in which we swim and quite another to swim in an opposite direction. One of my favorite icons is a Theophany icon (Christ’s Baptism). In it you can see fish swimming in the water. All of the fish are swimming downstream except one. A single fish, […]
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Conversion, Culture, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity, Prayer, The Journey of Faith, Union with God
July 23, 2007

Leaving the Secular Life

The default position of America is secular protestantism. I say this is the default position and mean by it – that without effort and care – we all find ourselves thinking and acting out of a secular protestant mindset. Of course, I need to offer a definition for my terms. By secular protestantism (and I […]
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Conversion, Culture, Evangelism, Knowledge of God, Orthodox Christianity, The Church

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