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Modernity Is An Abiding Crisis – It Cannot Exist Without One
Read more: Modernity Is An Abiding Crisis – It Cannot Exist Without OneThe ideas that constitute “modernity” center around life as management. Modernity assumes that life can be managed, and that human beings are well-suited for the job. It’s greatest successes have come in the careful application of technology towards various problems with a resulting rise in wealth. The well-being that comes with that wealth is limited […]
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Thanksgiving as Mystical Communion
Read more: Thanksgiving as Mystical Communion“This is good. This is bad.” In one form or another, we divide the world into light and dark. It might take the form, “I like this. I do not like that.” What we find easy are the things we see as good and the things we like. If a day is filled with such […]
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The Communion of Friends
Read more: The Communion of FriendsYou meet someone and like them. You slowly get to know them. Conversation and sharing, listening and learning, a picture or a reality begin to emerge. You think about them when they’re away. You’re aware that you matter to them as well. The thought of anything hurting them is painful. This is friendship. We easily reduce […]
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The Ark Returns to the Temple
Read more: The Ark Returns to the TempleOne of the most devastating events in the history of ancient Israel was the capture of the Ark of the Covenant by the Philistines. In scenes almost reminiscent of Steven Spielburg, however, plagues began to befall the Philistines and they sent word to Israel to please come take their Ark back. The story of its […]
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The Morality of Christmas
Read more: The Morality of ChristmasYou might be thinking that it’s too early to hear about Christmas – Thanksgiving is yet a couple of weeks away. However, for the Orthodox, the Nativity Fast began on November 15. It is already time to give our thoughts to Christmas – our Winter Pascha. This article (a reprint) reflects on a theme that […]
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Is Everyone Transsexual?
Read more: Is Everyone Transsexual?A recent case put before the Supreme Court (Harris Funeral Home v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) centers around the question of human sexuality, particularly as argued in the situation of those claiming to be transsexual. At issue is whether the Civil Rights Laws that protect against discrimination on the basis of sex should apply to […]
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A Royal Nun Sees Her Angel
Read more: A Royal Nun Sees Her AngelIn the service of Holy Baptism, the priest specifically prays that God will assign an “angel of light” to the life of the child being baptized. In Matthew 18:10, Christ makes reference to the guardian angels of children who “always behold the face of my Father.” Their role is the guarding of our salvation. It […]
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A Patient Joy – Finding the True Self
Read more: A Patient Joy – Finding the True SelfAmong the weakest things in the world of social relations is the truth. That might seem to be an odd statement. However, the weakness of the truth is the limitations placed upon it by its very nature. It cannot say just anything, nor can it ever pretend to be something that it is not. Those […]
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Slowing Down for the Necessary Thing
Read more: Slowing Down for the Necessary ThingI make a weekly visit to a nursing home about an hour away. I have a dear parishioner who has been in that place, or similar places, for about eight years. Our conversations center around the past week, her life and mine, with occasional forays into deeper matters. One of the difficulties of life in […]
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Thank you, Father Stephen, for your wise reflection and sharing also those of Fr. Thomas Hopko. Your description of the…
What a good point to make Mr. Jacobs: the existence of “cheap Grace” and counterfeit Joy. Thank you.
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Ook, There wasn’t space in the article to fit the whole of Riceour’s analysis of the Masters of Suspicion. 🙂