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Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing
Read more: Nothing from Nothing Leaves NothingOne of the intellectual problems encountered by atheism, though not one that is frequently mentioned, is its tendency to reductionism. If the universe is closed, then ultimately the story of things is much less complex than they might otherwise be and far more predictable. Indeed, the atheist account of reality is frequently boring. I am […]
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Life from within our Death
Read more: Life from within our DeathThe following is taken from Archimandrite Sophrony’s His Life is Mine. It is a deep word of encouragement to us all that in Christ healing is truly possible. It is usual for the Christian to be aware concurrently of the prsence of the never-fading celestial glory and of the brooding cloud of death hanging over the […]
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Introducing the First Book
Read more: Introducing the First BookIf you’ve seen it elsewhere, I apologize. If you have not seen this, no apology needed.
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What Theology Looks Like
Read more: What Theology Looks LikeSome seventeen years ago (I cannot believe it has been that long) I became a “dropout” of sorts, withdrawing formally from the PhD program at Duke University and converting my studies into material for an M.A. in theology. The story is more convoluted and personal than I would care to share in this public forum. […]
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Of One Substance
Read more: Of One SubstanceWe are used to confessing that the Son of God is of “one substance” with the Father – meaning that the persons of the Holy Trinity are of one “essence” or “being.” It is also true, however, the all human beings are of “one substance” with all other human beings. That is to say there […]
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Conversion Amidst Family Strife
Read more: Conversion Amidst Family StrifeMy posting yesterday spoke of things we could do as a family to strengthen ourselves in the common mind of Christ, allowing for the possibility of greater unity, particularly when considering something as major as conversion to the Orthodox faith. Sometimes, all efforts to the contrary, no peace or common mind arise. If someone believes […]
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An Orthodox Family
Read more: An Orthodox FamilyYesterday, at least two of the comments on the post about my son’s birthday asked questions about the family and Orthodox conversion. This is extremely close to my heart – both because of the blessings we have enjoyed in our family – and the blessings and difficulties I have seen in others. I should quickly […]
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A Link to Father John Parker
Read more: A Link to Father John ParkerOne of my dear friends, Fr. John Parker, pastor of Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Charleston), has recently had an article published in Touchstone. You can read the article here. I have also added his Blog, Holy Ascension Blog, to my Blogroll. Fr. John is a former Anglican priest, an excellent writer, […]
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Twenty Years Ago Today
Read more: Twenty Years Ago TodayTwenty years ago today, I witnessed the birth of our third child, our son, James. Always a joy to our heart and those of others he has become a young man of whom I am proud and whose company is a delight. He was ten years old when I announced to the complete family that […]
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Solidarity and the Christian Life
Read more: Solidarity and the Christian LifeI commend the collection The Inner Kingdom, volume 1 of Bishop Kallistos Ware’s collected works. Writing in essay on martyrdom, Bishop Kallistos, offers the following observation and stories: This notion of exchange, of solidarity in suffering, forms one of the master-themes of Martin Buber’s Tales of the Hasidim. It is said of one of the […]
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Matthew, The creation of “Bible Christianity” in its many forms was, I think, a serious distortion of the faith -…
Esmée, What an interesting passage – that goes far in commenting on St. Paul’s 1Cor. 3 passage. Many thanks!
Thanks so much for the quote from the Philokalia, Esmée. It is absolutely wonderful. Beautiful. Filled with so much hope!…
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