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Hiding in Plain Sight
Read more: Hiding in Plain SightIn the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. (Wisdom 3:7 RSV) ____ The story is told of St. Macarius that he was falsely accused of fathering a child by a young woman in the village. After being beaten and humiliated by the people there, he […]
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The Christmas When Everybody Was There
Read more: The Christmas When Everybody Was ThereThe soldiers were scattered across Europe with the loneliness of war. The world was caught up in a total struggle. Women had gone to the factories; children were collecting scrap metal. The “war effort” was universal. In many places, food was rationed. The madhouse of consumption belonged only to the war; everything else could wait. […]
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God and the Self – Dragons and The Treasuries of Grace
Read more: God and the Self – Dragons and The Treasuries of GraceBeloved, we are children of God, and it doesn’t yet appear what we shall be. But we know, that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1John 3:2) You are dead, and your life is hid in Christ in God. (Col. 3:3) Whoever seeks to […]
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Faith, Doubt, Theology and Suspicion
Read more: Faith, Doubt, Theology and SuspicionI have been slowly reading my way through John Gray’s book, Seven Types of Atheism. It is not an argument with Atheism so much as a study of its underpinnings, strengths and weaknesses (Gray himself is an atheist). Apparently, what someone does not believe in is just as important as what someone does believe […]
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Faith and Rationality – Stumbling Into Paradise
Read more: Faith and Rationality – Stumbling Into ParadiseYou have decided to buy a new computer. As the good and wise shopper that you are, you begin googling information and gathering recommendations for this so-important purchase. You are being rational. You learn, compare, question and weigh your options. When all is said, and done, you make a decision. Rationality is about our ability […]
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A Little Help From My Friends – With My Thanks
Read more: A Little Help From My Friends – With My ThanksThe production of this blog and the ministry associated with it is supported by my parish, and by the help of others who feel it is important to be maintained. There is a donate button on the right side panel that allows readers to make a donation, either one-time or otherwise. During this season, a […]
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Don’t Panic – It’s Just the Mother of God
Read more: Don’t Panic – It’s Just the Mother of GodThe first time I offered prayers to Mary I had a panic attack – literally. I was in college and my best friend had become Roman Catholic. We argued a bit, and he won (mostly). It resulted in my return to Anglicanism, to the “high” side. So, like a good high churchman, I got […]
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Giving Thanks
Read more: Giving ThanksThe act of giving thanks is among the most fundamental acts of love. It lies at the very heart of worship – in which, in the words of Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex, there is an exchange. In giving thanks we make an offering which itself is always inferior to what we have received – but […]
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Sentiment, Suffering and Death
Read more: Sentiment, Suffering and DeathI awoke in the middle of the night to a strange thought. It did not seem to come out of a dream but was simply there in my mind. The thought was something like this: “They will have parties to celebrate suicides.” What the thought meant was that a day is coming in which people […]
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Fr. Stephen, You both have been an inspiration to me. Two bright lights of faithful creativity in American Orthodoxy. For…
Owen, Jonathan is a dear friend. Some years back (maybe 2015-2016 or so) we did some speaking engagements together -…
The Canadian iconographer, Jonathan Pageau, specializes in icon carving. I think it’s an interesting middle ground between paint-on-board iconography and…
Michael, I’m glad to hear you were recently released from the hospital. May Christ be with you and strengthen you.
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I echo Owen´s words Michael.