Jesus the Bastard?

Episcopal priest and mother of two, Chloe Breyer, speculates about the illegitimacy of Jesus in her Slate.com article, The Earthly Father – What if Mary wasn’t a virgin? [H/T: T-19]
The allegations as to Jesus’ illegitimate birth go way, way back, to the Jewish leaders of the first century, and the anti-Christian polemicist, Celsus. Such [...]

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The Fatherhood Chronicles XCII

First there was this.

Sofie at about four months, Christmas 2003.
Now there’re these.

Delaina at about five months, Christmas 2005

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The Role of Father as Family Protector

From an interview with James Stenson, The Role of Father as Family Protector, on men’s duties.
It’s important that we see the role of a father’s protection in a broad sense, not just as physical protection from harm.
When we look at the very important ways a man protects his family, we can better understand the dire [...]

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The Astonishing Christ

Let me commend to your listening attention (all links mp3 and will open in your mp3 player):
The Astonishing Christ (Session I)
The Astonishing Christ (Session II)
The Astonishing Christ (Session III)
[H/T Journeyman James and Huw]

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Wonderful Gifts

We met with Father Patrick last night at the end of which meeting Father gave me two items that he’d collected on his visit to Alaska earlier this year. He’d told me about the gifts earlier, shortly after he returned home, but I haven’t seen him outside of services (except for one meeting), and [...]

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The Contradictions Aren’t Addressed

Have you seen the New York magazine’s article, The New Underground Abortion Railroad: Destination NYC? It’s meant to be a fluffy, warm-the-cockles-of-yer-liberal-progressive-heart story, a sort of abortion advocate pat-self-on-back memo, about a group of abortion advocates who provide overnight housing for girls and women seeking late-term abortions. But the contradictions come through in [...]

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Seraphim Sez: Play Nice Y’All (Yeah, It’s an Em Church Post)

Seraphim, as usual, reminds me to play nice. And if anyone has the street cred to ask this (not that he should need it), it’s Seraphim.
I suppose my dilemma is twofold: [A] If we cannot be critical (and I’m not saying Seraphim is saying we can’t) of the em church, then there can be [...]

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Some Free Will Reading

Back in May, when I was finishing up my paper on free will (pdf file), due to the press of time and urgency, I only quickly and partially engaged the texts that I was utilizing for my paper. (Which in part accounts for why, even by my own estimations, this is not evidence of [...]

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What Christ Accomplished on the Cross

This article by Hieromonk Damascene, Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim’s biographer, is an excellent read:
What Christ Accomplished on the Cross
[H/T Fr. Joseph's comment.]

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Is This a Conversation?: More on Em Church

Well, it’s happened. I’ve been pulled in (not involuntarily, mind you) to a conversation about the em church. I’m not sure if em churchers would consider my previous posts as a “conversation” in the sense they like to speak of (though having gotten autobiographical in yesterday’s post, I think I’m getting close). [...]

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