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Can There Be Morality on the Moon?
Read more: Can There Be Morality on the Moon?I rarely refer people to a blog article by someone whom I don’t know. But I was recently directed to an article by William Gairdner that does an excellent job of looking at the fact that none of us lives in a “moral bubble.” Our lives are always connected to the lives of others. In […]
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What Is at Stake?
Read more: What Is at Stake?In the struggle to come to the wholeness of Personhood – to become the “true self” rather than to sink into the “false self” our very existence as spiritual beings is at stake. If you read across Orthodox books that center on the issue of Personhood – a common theme becomes visible. Our fall and […]
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Hopko on the Cross of Christ
Read more: Hopko on the Cross of ChristAn excerpt from Fr. Thomas Hopko’s commencement address at St. Vladimir’s. The whole is the address is exquisitely true and I would encourage you to read all of it. The link to the whole commencement address is given at the bottom of this post. …I can tell you that being loved by God, and loving […]
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Hope and the Heart – Fr. Dmitri Staniloae
Read more: Hope and the Heart – Fr. Dmitri StaniloaeThe following comes from Fr. Dmitri Staniloae’s Orthodox Spirituality. (pg. 178) You have the experience of the congestion [crowdedness] of the heart when you are disturbed, and “ample room” when you are peaceful. But uneasiness, in regard to the future is the fruit of uncertainty, just as peace is the fruit of certainty. Care is […]
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The Struggle of the Person
Read more: The Struggle of the PersonI have begun to touch on issues of the “false self” and the “true self” for which we could find other language, a number of different metaphors. Theologically all this is grounded in the proper understanding of what it means to exist as a person. Of course, it means to exist in a completely unrepeatable, […]
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The False and True Self
Read more: The False and True SelfPart of the experience of being involved in religious activities in the late 60’s and early 70’s was the not infrequent encounters with members of cults (they seemed to be everywhere). I’m not certain how I would define a cult (not purely by doctrine but certainly by its destruction and control of its members as […]
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I Pause to Give Thanks
Read more: I Pause to Give ThanksNumbers only mean so much – but Glory to God for All Things passed the 200,000 views mark this morning – all since late October. I generally write at night before going to bed – it clears my head and puts a better ending on the day. I am deeply moved that so many (and […]
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Where the Truth Abides
Read more: Where the Truth AbidesThe old addage, “Seeing is believing,” pretty much sums up our modern attitude to the world around us. Common sense and a modest commitment to reason both accept the notion that the world is, pretty much as we see it, and that what we see is the truth of things. Over the years I’ve heard […]
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I’ll add one more interesting twist to the story of the Island. My husband and I were watching it together…
Father and Matthew, The Island definitely demonstrates Orthodox ethos. Near the end of the story Anatoli tells another monk who…
Regarding those books, it of course depends on which book we might encounter at a key moment in our life.…
Matthew W, interesting thoughts about The Orthodox Way and The Orthodox Church. Interestingly, I had the opposite experience. The first…
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Thanks so much Fr. Stephen and Dee for your thoughts about The Island. I´m still failing to see and understand…